ProPublica is pleased to announce a grant from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation for a new series of live events, which will aim to deepen our audience’s understanding about pressing current events, inspire lively discussions about what’s at stake and spark ideas for real-world change. This grant continues the foundation’s commitment to offer organizations like ProPublica support for original projects based on results-driven and innovative strategies.
Over two years, the foundation will provide $200,000 to fund in-person and virtual conversations that draw on ProPublica’s national and local reporting, convening our journalists and editors, community members and policy experts to drill deeply into a wide range of topics, including national politics, immigration, climate change, health care and more.
“We’ve learned over the years that our readers really value the opportunity to directly engage with our reporters, subject matter experts and the individuals impacted by the stories they cover,” said Alexis Stephens, director of communications at ProPublica.“And in turn, our event panelists take care to respond to as many audience questions as possible, make complex issues more accessible and share vivid, behind-the-scenes details about what it takes to pull a ProPublica investigation together. We’re very grateful to be able to enhance how we convene our community and, hopefully, generate more impact.”
“I am honored to support ProPublica’s live event series,” said Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel. “Investigative journalism plays a critical role in our democracy, and I am pleased that through their event series ProPublica can engage even more people in their important work.”
About ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. With a team of more than 150 dedicated journalists, ProPublica covers a range of topics, focusing on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact. Its reporting has contributed to the passage of new laws; reversals of harmful policies and practices; and accountability for leaders at local, state and national levels. Since it began publishing in 2008, ProPublica has received eight Pulitzer Prizes, five Peabody Awards, eight Emmy Awards and 16 George Polk Awards.
About the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation
The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation was initiated by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Ambassador Carl Spielvogel to continue and extend their long-term commitment to the common good and the public interest. With this focus, deeply rooted in inclusiveness, social equity and community service, the D-S Foundation creates and supports original projects based on results-driven and innovative strategies. The D-S Foundation funds projects that demonstrate creative promise in four priority areas: projects focused on civic leadership, public affairs and diplomacy; projects of cultural merit; original educational initiatives; and science and medicine, in support of the advancement of the field of health. For more information about the foundation’s work, and for full biographies of Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chair, and Carl Spielvogel, visit diamonstein-spielvogelfoundation.org.
