SND Foundation
Scholarships, grants, and research
The Society for News Design Foundation, created in 1992, is the nonprofit education and research effort of SND.
In 2008, SND received a Challenge Grant from the Challenge Fund for Journalism and opened an endowment campaign for its two scholarship programs. See the donors and the latest campaign totals here.
With support from donations and matching grants, the Foundation provides training grants for out-of-work visual journalists (apply here), university-level scholarships scholarships, travel grants for students to the Annual Workshop & Exhibition, grants to the student designers of the year, and outreach to minority journalists and journalism students at univerities with large minority enrollments.
The Foundation also provides research grants for projects on the future of journalism developed in partnership with other journalism organizations.
Supporters
contribute to the Foundation through direct donations, sponsorship of Foundation
Fund-raising events, and by donating or purchasing items and services
at the Silent Auction held in conjunction with the Annual Workshop & Exhibition.
In 2008, 54 illustrators donated their talents to create a unique deck of
playing cards sold at SND Vegas and online to benefit the Foundation.
Contributions to the SND Foundation are generally tax deductible (in the United States) as charitable donations. To make a donation, please click here.
Questions? Contact SNDF President Susan Mango Curtis or SND headquarters..