Press Forward’s Pooled Fund

About the Pooled Fund

Press Forward’s Pooled Fund invests in promising ideas and emerging best practices that will reinvigorate local news.

Funding is invested through a series of open calls to the field, in alignment with Press Forward’s four funding priorities.

Our Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps is now closed.

Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps

April 30 – June 12, 2024

Press Forward’s first open call will address the long-standing inequalities in journalism coverage and practice in the U.S., by investing in small, local newsrooms that provide original reporting in underserved communities.

Apply now.

Open Call on Local News Infrastructure.

Coming Nov. 13, 2024

Program guidelines for our second open will be released when applications open.