Grants








Sponsorships ($5,000+)

Edwin Gould Foundation

Facing History & Ourselves

Teaching Strategies

InsideTrack


The following list reflects all donors who have given $500 or more to The Hechinger Report in 2025.

Peggy Barmore

Elizabeth Bass

Anthony Benoit

Thomas Bruderle

Marilyn Burns

Joann Chavez

Rosamund Else-Mitchl

Jon Elsen

John Ettinger

Madeline Celeste Ford

Henry Louis Gates

John Hechinger 

Paul Hechinger

Barbara Kantrowitz & Daniel Hertzberg 

Kristine Kelly & Arthur Gleckler

Neeru Khosla

George Kolodner

Leslie Laud 

Laurie Frankel & Raymond Lee

Tami Luhby & Ed Purce  

John Merrow

Laura Pappano & Dr. Thomas Lynch  

Jeevan Padiyar

Leni & Ned Preston 

Deborah Quazzo

Sheppard Ranbom

Sigrid Strong Reynolds

Lisa & Dale Rielage

Elizabeth Weatherford

Amy Stuart Wells

Jack Wuest


The following list reflects all contributors to The Fazil Khan Internship Fund in 2024.

Cayla Bamberger

Jill Barshay

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jenn Clark

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Kevin Corcoran

Pete D’Amato

Katherine DeVivo

Michael Elsen-Rooney

Cassi Feldman

Ruby Franzen

Maya Hamlet

John Henry Thompson

Matthew Kauffman

Maureen Kelleher

Tovah Klein

Daniel Losen

Lumina Foundation

Sharon Lurye

Nichole Dobo and Wade Malcolm

Jon Marcus

Chelsea and Jonathan Miller

Hallie Miller

Alison Overseth

Trish Peterson

Edmund Preston

Leni and Ned Preston

Caroline Preston

Juliana Rubal

Christina Samuels

Nirvi Shah

Jennifer Shaw Heller

Stephanie Smith

Karen Smith

Delece Smith-Barrow

Justin Snider

Steve Snyder

Jonathan Sotsky

Dan Susong

Chrissie Thompson

Sheridan Wall

Natasha Warikoo

As of January 1, 2026.

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