The 2024 Gregor G. Peterson Prize in Venture Philanthropy was awarded to the nonprofit organization Informing America Foundation on Wednesday at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.
The Gregor G. Peterson Prize in Venture Philanthropy, which offers a one-time grant of $250,000 payable over three years, is named after Greg Peterson, one of America’s first venture capitalists.
The prize, launched in 2019 by the Peterson Family, is “awarded annually to a trailblazing start-up in the non-profit sector” to “honor Greg Peterson’s core principles in business and to advance his long-standing legacy of philanthropy.”
Informing America Foundation was awarded this year’s Gregor G. Peterson Prize for its work in “helping news and media outlets educate the American people about important public policy issues via high-quality investigative journalism” through 2,000 hyperlocal media platforms and 10 national platforms, which reach an audience of more than 50 million people.
