SpotlightDC seeks to ensure robust, accountability journalism covering the nation’s capital city. An independent, non-profit based in Washington, D.C., we award grants for groundbreaking, original, fair-minded, investigative, accountability and explanatory journalism projects focused on the District of Columbia and its surrounding region. 

We will invest in high-impact, deeply reported projects that shed light on underreported subjects, hold the powerful to account and serve the public interest. We also aim to encourage and cultivate a diverse pool of journalists devoted to covering the national capital region. We will promote their work for maximum impact with a variety of print, broadcast and digital media partners who will publish their work.