© Media Forward Fund
Media Forward Fund launched its first funding round in 2024 as the first transnational fund for journalism funding in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The next application deadline is planned for early 2025.
The fund is initially endowed with six million euros and is committed to ensuring that there are more independent quality media with viable business models that publish strong, trustworthy content and are sustainably financed in the long term. The aim is to strengthen diversity in journalism and thus democracy. Funding of up to 400,000 euros is awarded per organization. The first application phase for the Media Forward Fund has been completed. The next application phase will begin at the start of 2025.
The transnational MFF was founded as a non-profit fund on the initiative of the Rudolf Augstein Foundation, Schöpflin Foundation, Mercator Foundation Switzerland, Volkart Foundation, ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, Allianz Foundation, Foundation for Media Diversity, ERSTE Foundation, DATUM-FOUNDATION for Journalism and Democracy as well as the impact investor Karma Capital and Publix – House for Journalism & Public Sphere. The development of the fund was supported by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media with project funding. Three funding rounds are planned per year: the funding amounts to either 200,000 euros for project funding or 400,000 euros for organizational funding per medium for two years.
| Funding period | 2024-2026 |
| Funding amount | 300.000 Euro |
| Website | www.mediaforwardfund.org |