"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute has awarded $750,000 grants to 25 fact-checking organizations, providing flexible support to help fact-checking newsrooms keep publishing through a period of rapid funding contraction while they strengthen long-term sustainability. Recipients include organizations working under pressure in and around Belarus and Russia; verification newsrooms navigating economic instability in Venezuela; and teams building verification capacity in places including Nigeria, Kosovo and Iraq."
"The awards of $30,000 arrive at a moment when fact-checkers worldwide are under pressure from multiple directions. Platform partnerships are narrowing, major funders are pulling back, and yet the need for credible verification keeps growing. In communities around the world, people make everyday decisions about health, elections, public safety and crises based on what they see online, in an environment where trust in information is increasingly fragile."
"The IFCN's Global Fact Check Fund received 51 eligible applications for SUSTAIN 2025 and funded 25. A second round opens in mid-February 2026, and organizations that were not selected are encouraged to strengthen their applications and reapply. Organizations that are verified signatories of the IFCN Code of Principles are eligible for the program."
The International Fact-Checking Network awarded $750,000 in grants to 25 fact-checking organizations, delivering flexible $30,000 awards to sustain publishing amid rapid funding contraction. Recipients include teams operating under pressure in and around Belarus and Russia, verification newsrooms in Venezuela, and capacity-building efforts in Nigeria, Kosovo and Iraq. The grants aim to help newsrooms continue reporting while they pursue more sustainable business models as platform partnerships narrow and major funders pull back. The IFCN's Global Fact Check Fund received 51 eligible applications and funded 25; a second round opens in mid-February 2026 for verified IFCN Code signatories.
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