Scripps Howard Foundation

Scripps Howard Fund
FormationFoundation: 1962; 62 years ago (1962)
TypeCharitable foundation
Purpose"Creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education, childhood literacy, and local causes."
HeadquartersCincinnati, Ohio
Liz Carter[1]
Parent organization
E. W. Scripps Company
AffiliationsScripps Howard Foundation
Budget (c. 2009)
$100 million
Disbursements$6 million (2021)
Websitescripps.com/fund/

The Scripps Howard Fund is a public charity[1] that supports philanthropic causes important to the E. W. Scripps Company, an American media conglomerate which owns television stations, cable television networks, and other media outlets. The Fund's mission, according to its website, is "creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education, childhood literacy, and local causes."[2] The It is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, home to the Scripps Company.

The Scripps Howard Foundation, a sister organization of the Scripps Howard Fund,[1] supports Scripps’ charitable efforts through its endowment, key assets, and major donations. The foundation, established in 1962,[3] started small but has grown to be the largest corporate foundation in the Greater Cincinnati area. Its annual budget has grown from $100,000 in 1971[citation needed] to more than $100 million.[citation needed] It also manages the Greater Cincinnati Fund[4] and presents the annual Scripps Howard Awards, awarding $160,000 for 17 prizes for the 2020 awards given in 2021.[5]

Between the Fund and the Foundation, in 2021, Scripps gave away more than $6 million: "$1 million ... to childhood literacy, $3.1 million ... to journalism and First Amendment causes, and ... $2 million ... to nonprofits nationwide that were recommended by Scripps television stations and their audiences."[1]

The Scripps Howard Foundation, along with Roy Howard's children, established the Roy W. Howard Archive at the Indiana University School of Journalism in 1983.[6] Additionally, it established the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia.[7]

In 2018, the foundation established the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism[8][9] and Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d Faherty, John O. (November 22, 2022). "Liz Carter of Scripps: The hard work of smart giving". Movers & Makers Cincinnati.
  2. ^ "About the Fund". Scripps Howard Fund. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "The E.W. Scripps Company History". FundingUniverse. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Micheli, Carolyn (January 23, 2015). "SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS". Scripps Howard Fund (Press release).
  5. ^ Wethington, Kari (April 21, 2021). "Scripps Howard Awards announce 2020 winners, recognize excellence in journalism" (PDF) (Press release). Cincinnati: Scripps Howard Foundation. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  6. ^ Borchard, Gregory A., ed. (February 22, 2022). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN 9781544391182.
  7. ^ Coast Live (February 8, 2023). "Dean Julia A. Wilson discusses 20 years of Journalism at Scripps Howard on Coast Live". WKTR.
  8. ^ "Scripps Howard Foundation establishes Howard Centers for investigative journalism". The E.W. Scripps Company (Press release). PR Newswire. August 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Roach, Ronald (June 4, 2014). "Innovation is Focus of Hampton Digital Media Center". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
  10. ^ "Howard Center investigation examines increasing influence of 'constitutional sheriffs' group: Investigation collaboration between Cronkite School center, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting". ASU News. August 21, 2023. The award-winning Howard Center at Cronkite has trained the next generation of investigative reporters since its opening in 2019. It and another Howard Center at the University of Maryland operate under grants from the Scripps Howard Fund to advance deeply researched watchdog journalism, in honor of the legacy of Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter.