During the 75th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced $2 million in grants to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) – $1 million to each organization. This is the first time a donation announcement has been made during the live telecast.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning global network of more than 200 investigative journalists in 70 countries who have collaborated on 27 unprecedented international in-depth investigative stories.
For more than 25 years, the HFPA has been using the funds garnered through Golden Globe licensing fees to donate nearly $30 million in grants to deserving nonprofit organizations and institutions, provide more than 1,500 scholarships to underrepresented students, and restore over 90 films in partnership with the Film Foundation. In August, the HFPA distributed $3 million in grants to over 50 nonprofits and institutions that are empowering the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers and providing opportunities for underrepresented individuals in the
entertainment industry at the Annual Grants Banquet.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. Throughout CPJ’s 36-year history, it has advocated directly with U.S. authorities, urging them to support the rights of journalists around the world. The $1 million grant will be used to strengthen their international network of correspondents who advance their mission of promoting global press freedom and to create additional developmental roles to further build out a donor program.
