| Girard Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 7 | 2024 | $432,800 |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | | LA Jolla, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $357,000 |
| Conrad Prebys Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 2 | 2024 | $203,500 |
| New Endeavor Foundation | | Sebastopol, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $175,000 |
| Cushman Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $110,000 |
| Community Foundation of the Quincy Area | | Quincy, IL | National | 6 | 2024 | $60,000 |
| The@Patricia and Christopher Weil Family Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $40,000 |
| Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc | | Wilmington, DE | National | 1 | 2024 | $20,000 |
| Karney Flaster Family Foundation | | LA Jolla, CA | Local | 4 | 2024 | $12,000 |
| Ellis Family Foundation | | Del Mar, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $11,500 |
| Fox Foundation Inc | | Princeton, NJ | Local | 4 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees | | San Diego, CA | Local | 1 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| William D Lynch Foundation for Children | | Rcho Santa Fe, CA | Local | 2 | 2024 | $6,000 |
| Baja Bound Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 1 | 2024 | $1,500 |
| The Helmut Wolfgang Schumann Foundation | | Lebanon, NH | National | 1 | 2024 | $1,000 |
| Parker Foundation | | Carlsbad, CA | Local | 2 | 2023 | $55,000 |
| Leichtag Foundation | | Encinitas, CA | Local | 2 | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation | | LA Jolla, CA | Local | 1 | 2022 | $25,000 |
| Contorer Foundation | | Bellevue, WA | Local | 1 | 2022 | $1,023 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | | New York, NY | Local | 2 | 2021 | $325,000 |
| The UCLA Foundation | | Los Angeles, CA | National | 2 | 2021 | $45,000 |
| Satterberg Foundation | | Seattle, WA | National | 1 | 2021 | $25,000 |
| Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc | | Washington, DC | National | 2 | 2021 | $13,000 |
| The Legler Benbough Foundation | | | — | 2 | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News | | Beverly Hills, CA | National | 1 | 2020 | $8,400 |
| Nordson Corporation Foundation | | Westlake, OH | Local | 2 | 2020 | $6,000 |
| Arthur P Pratt & Jeanette Gladys Pratt Memorial Fund 26646-00-5 | | Milwaukee, WI | Local | 1 | 2020 | $1,700 |
| Burnham Foundation | | San Diego, CA | Local | 1 | 2019 | $15,000 |
| Sutherland Foundation | | | — | 1 | 2019 | $2,000 |
| The Emily Benatar Foundation | | Palo Alto, CA | Local | 1 | 2019 | $100 |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation Inc | | Miami, FL | National | 1 | 2018 | $70,000 |
| The Lenfest Inst for Journalism Spe Asset Fund of the Phl Foundation | | Philadelphia, PA | National | 1 | 2018 | $10,200 |
| James Irvine Foundation | | San Francisco, CA | Local | 1 | 2018 | $5,000 |
| Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation | | | Local | 1 | 2018 | $5,000 |
| The California Endowment | | Los Angeles, CA | Local | 1 | 2017 | $375 |