# Free mapping tool tracks philanthrophically-funded media projects

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/04/free-mapping-tool-tracks-philanthrophically-funded-media-projects/
- Published: 2016-07-04T11:39:49+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A free interactive mapping and research tool has launched that shows the full 
scope of philanthropically-funded media projects worldwide since 2009.**

 

The tool, _Foundation Maps for Media Funding_, has been developed by [Foundation Center](http://foundationcenter.org),
and is available on the [Media Impact Funders](http://mediaimpactfunders.org)’ website.
It gives users access to the numbers, networks and trends surrounding media and 
philanthropy.

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_Foundation Maps for Media Funding_ is a follow up to an earlier data map, updated
taxonomy, and report, _Growth in Foundation Support for Media in the United States_,
released in 2013 and features:

 

 * Grants from 2009 to present, with comprehensive data through 2013
 * Greatly expanded data with global reach
 * Improved search options and filters
 * Downloadable information and charts
 * “Constellation” tool to visualize relationships between funders, grantees, and
   grants

 

The data in the map has been collected in a number of ways, from Foundation Center’s
databases, which are comprised of grants information received directly from foundations
or collected from their IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF; and from foundation websites and
other public sources.

 

Vince Stehle, executive director of Media Impact Funders, said:

 

> “Media is one of the most powerful tools for social change, and philanthropy is
> using media to address pressing global challenges in remarkable and diverse ways.
> Whether supporting mobile banking platforms to address global poverty, strategic
> communications to address healthcare disparities, or documentary film on critical
> environmental issues, media is at the nexus of funders’ work, and this new map
> shows how central media has become to a broad network of philanthropic strategies
> across all funding areas.”

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