Scripps Howard Foundation

{{Short description|Public charity}}

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| formation = Foundation: {{start date and age|1962}}

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| purpose = "Creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education, childhood literacy, and local causes."

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| headquarters = Cincinnati, Ohio

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| leader_title = CEO

| leader_name = Liz Carter{{cite news|title=Liz Carter of Scripps: The hard work of smart giving|first=John O. |last=Faherty |date= November 22, 2022|url=https://moversmakers.org/2022/11/22/liz-carter-of-scripps-the-hard-work-of-smart-giving/|work=Movers & Makers Cincinnati }}

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| parent_organization = E. W. Scripps Company

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| budget = $100 million

| budget_year = {{circa}} 2009

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| disbursements = $6 million (2021)

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The Scripps Howard Fund is a public charity that supports philanthropic causes important to the E. W. Scripps Company, an American media conglomerate which owns television stations, cable television networks, and other media outlets. The Fund's mission, according to its website, is "creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education, childhood literacy, and local causes."{{cite web|url=https://scripps.com/fund/about/the-fund/|title=About the Fund|website=Scripps Howard Fund|access-date=Nov 18, 2023}} The headquarters are situated together with the Scripps Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Scripps Howard Foundation, a sister organization of the Scripps Howard Fund, supports Scripps’ charitable efforts through an endowment fund, key assets, and major donations. Established in 1962,{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921043345/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-e-w-scripps-company-history/|website=FundingUniverse|title=The E.W. Scripps Company History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-e-w-scripps-company-history/|archive-date=21 Sep 2015}} the foundation became the largest corporate foundation in the Greater Cincinnati area.{{when|date=February 2025}} Its annual budget ballooned from $100,000 in 1971{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} to more than $100 million.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} It also manages the Greater Cincinnati Fund{{cite press release|title=SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS|date=Jan 23, 2015|first=Carolyn |last=Micheli|url=https://scripps.com/fund/news/53-scripps-howard-foundation-names-new-director-of-community-investments/|website=Scripps Howard Fund}} and presents the annual Scripps Howard Awards, awarding $160,000 for the 2020 awards, distributed among 17 winners.{{cite press release |title=Scripps Howard Awards announce 2020 winners, recognize excellence in journalism |first=Kari |last=Wethington |publisher=Scripps Howard Foundation |location=Cincinnati |date=2021-04-21 |url=https://scripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SSP_Scripps-Howard-Awards_Winners_04.21.21.pdf |access-date=2022-03-21}}

Between the Fund and the Foundation, in 2021, Scripps gave away more than $6 million: "$1 million ... to childhood literacy, $3.1 million ... to journalism and First Amendment causes, and ... $2 million ... to nonprofits nationwide that were recommended by Scripps television stations and their audiences."

The Scripps Howard Foundation, along with Roy Howard's children, established the Roy W. Howard Archive at the Indiana University School of Journalism in 1983.{{cite book|title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism

|edition=2nd|publisher=Sage Publications|editor-first=Gregory A.|editor-last= Borchard|date=February 22, 2022|isbn= 9781544391182}} Additionally, it established the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia.{{cite news|title=Dean Julia A. Wilson discusses 20 years of Journalism at Scripps Howard on Coast Live|author=Coast Live|date=Feb 8, 2023 |url=https://www.wtkr.com/coast-live/dean-julia-a-wilson-discusses-20-years-of-journalism-at-scripps-howard-on-coast-live|work=WKTR}} A $15 million dollar donation in 2006 led to the renaming of the now Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.{{cite web | title=Scripps Gives $15 Million To Ohio University's College Of Communication | website=Scripps | date=2023-05-05 | url=https://scripps.com/press-releases/529-scripps-howard-foundation-gives-15-million-to-ohio-universitys-college-of-communication/ | access-date=2025-02-05}}

In 2018, the foundation established the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism{{cite press release|title=Scripps Howard Foundation establishes Howard Centers for investigative journalism|work=The E.W. Scripps Company |date=6 Aug 2018|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scripps-howard-foundation-establishes-howard-centers-for-investigative-journalism-300692333.html|publisher=PR Newswire}}{{cite web|title=Innovation is Focus of Hampton Digital Media Center|first=Ronald |last=Roach|date=Jun 4, 2014|url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15094866/innovation-is-focus-of-hampton-digital-media-center|work=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education}} and Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.{{cite news|title=Howard Center investigation examines increasing influence of 'constitutional sheriffs' group: Investigation collaboration between Cronkite School center, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting|date=August 21, 2023|url=https://news.asu.edu/20230821-howard-center-investigation-examines-increasing-influence-constitutional-sheriffs-group|work=ASU News|quote=The award-winning Howard Center at Cronkite has trained the next generation of investigative reporters since its opening in 2019. It and another Howard Center at the University of Maryland operate under grants from the Scripps Howard Fund to advance deeply researched watchdog journalism, in honor of the legacy of Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter.}}