# 2022 Investigative Journalism Support Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/dos-dar-fy2022-nofo-2-2022-investigative-journalism-support-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/342872

> U.S. Mission to Tanzania offered grants of up to $250,000 (at least $250,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make one award worth $250,000 in total. Applications closed on September 1, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DOS-DAR-FY2022-NOFO-2 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Tanzania |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 1, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $250,000 |
| Award floor | $250,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $250,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.225 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania announces an open call for a $250,000 24-month grant to a well-established Tanzanian media organization to establish and manage an investigative journalism support fund that will empower local journalists to report on public interest issues through capacity building and financial support. The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam advocates for the establishment of a vibrant, independent, responsible, and diverse media sector in Tanzania that serves the public interest. Supporting investigative journalism is a crucial part of achieving this objective. Investigative reporting can draw attention to and sustain public interest in issues of national importance. Unfortunately, the economic challenges facing the media business in Tanzania means that reporters are rarely given the time or resources to conduct in-depth investigations. As a result, members of the public are deprived of information on issues that impact their lives, such as corruption, labor abuses, financial mismanagement, harmful environmental practices, and more. This project will address the problem described above by creating a media support fund that will empower local journalists to report on public interest issues through capacity building and financial support. The grantee will be in charge of managing and administering this fund and will issue small sub-grants to individual reporters who successfully pitch investigative stories falling within a defined set of sectors and topics. Successful proposals will clearly explain: • How the grantee will structure and administer the fund • Which themes and topics will be prioritized by the fund • How the fund will be promoted and advertised to the media sector • The number How the beneficiaries of the fund will be selected and on what basis “pitches” will be scored • Who will comprise the selection panel and on what basis the panel members will be chosen • How the fund will maintain impartiality and independence to guard against appearances of bias or favoritism in the distribution of funds • How distributed funds will be accounted for • How the fund will measure and evaluate success

## Questions people ask

### Is DOS-DAR-FY2022-NOFO-2 still open?

No. It closed on September 1, 2022.

### Who can apply for 2022 Investigative Journalism Support Program?

U.S. Mission to Tanzania accepted applications from any type of organization.

### What is the deadline for 2022 Investigative Journalism Support Program?

Closed September 1, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $250,000 each. About $250,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Africa Regional Democracy Fund grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Unicef, Institute for Security Studies. The program made 156 awards worth $29.3 million in that time.