The Puffin Foundation supports investigative journalism in the independent media seeking to highlight voices and stories often excluded or marginalized by mainstream outlets. The foundation’s commitment to journalism in the public interest allows Type Investigations, formerly known as The Investigative Fund, to produce and place in-depth investigative stories in a variety of publications and to support independent reporters.
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and will be evaluated monthly. Type Investigations editors will assess the proposal according to four main criteria: originality, feasibility, potential for impact, and whether the project embodies the values of independent media.
For more information on The Puffin Foundation, visit the foundation’s website.
Recent Investigations:
- “The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic,” by John Bowe, The Nation, September 14, 2020
- “Trump’s National Labor Relations Board Is Sabotaging Its Own Mission,” by Michelle Chen, The Nation, September 7, 2020
- “Cold as ICE,” by Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones, August 10, 2020
- “The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People,” by Maria Hengeveld, The Nation, April 23, 2020
- “When Solitary Confinement is a Death Sentence,” by Lisa Armstrong, HuffPost, August 29, 2019
- “An American Black Site,” by Aviva Stahl, The Nation, June 4, 2019
- “Safe House,” by Lizzie Presser, The California Sunday Magazine, October 4, 2018
- “Worse Than Lead?” by Jamie Lincoln Kitman, The Nation, August 15, 2018
- “A VA Law is ‘Getting the Guppies Instead of the Trout’,” by Jasper Craven, The Nation, May 10, 2018
- “Birthright Israel and #MeToo,” by Sarah M. Seltzer, Jewish Currents, April 17, 2018
- “Coachella, Underground,” by Gabriel Thompson, Longreads, April 12, 2018
- “The Trauma of Everyday Gun Violence in New Orleans,” by Jimmie Briggs, Vice Magazine, April 9, 2018
- “How Washington Winks at Violent Discipline of Special Needs Kids,” by Ben Hattem, Politico Magazine, November 29, 2017
- “The Theft of the Gods,” by Kathleen Sharp, Pacific Standard, November 16, 2017
- “Home Is Where the Hate Is,” by David Neiwert, Reveal, June 22, 2017
- “We Need to Talk About Frankie,” by Dyan Neary, The Cut, April 13, 2017
- “The General and the Refugee,” by Eric Reidy, New Republic, March 27, 2017
- “Endangering the World's Rarest Dolphins,” by Christopher Pala, Earth Island Journal, February 27, 2017
- “The Fear Industry,” by Patrick Blanchfield, The Nation, August 29-September 5, 2016
- “The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails,” by Arun Gupta, The Nation, August 1, 2016
- “‘They Knew Something Was Going On’,” by Seth Freed Wessler, The Nation, July 4-11, 2016
- “I Was a Super Bowl Concession Worker,” by Gabriel Thompson, Slate, February 9, 2016
- “Separate, Unequal, and Deadly,” by Seth Freed Wessler, The Nation, January 27, 2016, and “Sick on the Inside,” by Seth Freed Wessler, Reveal, February 6, 2016
- “The Kissing Bug Disease,” by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, Al Jazeera America, December 9, 2015
- “Forced Meds at the Bellevue ER,” by Ben Hattem, City Limits, December 8, 2015
- “What About Us?” by Sylvia A. Harvey, The Nation, December 2, 2015
- “In Harm‘s Way,” by Erika Eichelberger, the Intercept, September 10, 2015
- “The Making of Leopoldo López,” by Roberto Lovato, Foreign Policy, July 27, 2015
- “Obamacare‘s Right Wing Defenders,” by Gus Garcia-Roberts, Talking Points Memo, June 23, 2015
- “Death and Neglect at Rikers Women’s Jail,” by Erika Eichelberger, the Intercept, May 29, 2015
- “Unwanted Alive,” by J. Malcolm Garcia, Guernica, May 15, 2015
- “The Longest Ride,” by Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul, The Nation, April 29, 2015
- “The Truth About Starbucks‘s Bottled Water,” by Anna Lenzer, Mother Jones, April 29, 2015
- “These Republicans Want to Take Away Your Weekend,” by Moshe Z. Marvit, The Nation, March 23, 2015
- “Social Security Doesn‘t Come to All Who Paid,” by Joseph Sorrentino, In These Times, March 9, 2015
- “America’s Unfair Rules of the Road,” by Corrine Ramey, Slate, February 27, 2015
- “How to Destroy a Public-School System,” by Daniel Denvir, The Nation, October 13, 2014
- “Reform Money Pours Into Minnesota School Board Race,” by Sarah Lahm, In These Times, October 7, 2014
- “Sequenced in the USA,” by Amanda Wilson, Pacific Standard, July 25, 2014
- “Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train,” by Andy Kopsa, The Nation, July 8, 2014
- “Get Out of Jail Fee,” by Shane Bauer, Mother Jones, May/June 2014
- “Warning: Highly Flammable,” by Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal, Summer 2014
- “Renters v. Wall Street,” by John Light and Elaisha Stokes, Al Jazeera America, April 20, 2014
- “Free Lolita!” by David Neiwert, Salon, April 6, 2014
- “Our Man in Africa,” by Michael Bronner, Foreign Policy, January/February 2014
- “Forever Temps,” by Sarah Jaffe, In These Times, January 6, 2014
- “Stealing Pennies from Chileros,” by Joseph Sorrentino, In These Times, December 17, 2013
- “The Human Cost of Foreclosure,” by John Light and Elaisha Stokes, LinkTV, November 14, 2013
- “Lessons of Willets,” “Trading Parkland for Donations,” and “Relocation Fears for Workers,” by Patrick Arden, City Limits, October 31/November 1, 2013
- “The Children Left Behind,” by Debbie Nathan, In These Times, October 28, 2013
- “Sewage Waste Lands,” by Aaron Lake Smith, Al Jazeera America, October 23, 2013
- “Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise?” by Devin Burghart and Leonard Zeskind, The Nation, September 9, 2013
- “Wrongfully Convicted”and “Exonerated, 32 Years Later,” by Jordan Michael Smith, Chicago Reader, August 28, 2013
- “We’re Being Watched,” by Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal, May 28, 2013
- “Cover of Darkness,” by Ali Winston, SF Weekly, May 8, 2013
- “OMB Contender Led Walmart’s Foundation,” by Josh Eidelson and Lee Fang, The Nation, February 15, 2013
- “The Truth About Grover Norquist,” by Lee Fang, The Nation, November 2012
- “The NGO Republic of Haiti,” by Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman, The Nation, October 31, 2012
- “Mitt Romney’s Bailout Bonanza,” by Greg Palast, The Nation, October 18, 2012
- “Tagg Team,” by Lee Fang, The Nation, October 10, 2012
- “Ivory Coast: Victor’s Justice,” by Robbie Corey-Boulet, World Policy Journal, August 31, 2012
- “How the Gun Industry Got Rich,” by Jarrett Murphy, The Nation, August 23, 2012
- “Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans,” by Karen Houppert, The Nation, August 22, 2012
- “The Minutemen’s Demise,” by David Neiwert, Alternet, July 23, 2012
- “The Dark Side of a Bain Success,” by Art Levine, Salon, July 18, 2012
- “Illegal Payday Loans Thrive in Cyberspace,” by John Sandman, City Limits, July 16, 2012
- “Ground Zero for Stop and Frisk,” by Jarrett Murphy and Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits, June 22, 2012
- “Target Cambodia,” by Laura Rena Murray, World Policy Journal, June 6, 2012
- “BP’s Toxic Legacy,” and “BP vs. Gulf Coast: It’s Not Settled Yet,” by Antonia Juhasz, The Nation, April 18/March 7, 2012
- “The Prison Problem in Pennsylvania,” by Matt Stroud, The Nation, April 18, 2012
- “Gambling on Immigration Detention,” by Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville, The Nation, April 11, 2012
- “Wolves to the Slaughter,” by Christopher Ketcham, The American Prospect, March 13, 2012
- “Crime Scenes of the Khmer,” and “Extraordinary Injustice,” by Douglas Gillison, The Investigative Fund, February 27, 2012
- “US Asylum Seekers in Liberian Prisons,” by Deepa Fernandes and Abdulai Bah, The Nation, February 2, 2012
- “The GOP’s New Southern Strategy,” by Ari Berman, The Nation, January 31, 2012
- “How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Migration,” The Nation, and “NAFTA’s Human Costs,” The Investigative Fund, January 4/January 10, 2012