Searchlight Investigative Journalism Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan public charity that uses investigative reporting, books, documentary films, articles, and policy-facing briefings to identify major social harms and help drive solutions, with a particular focus on issues such as healthcare, food fraud, finance, and corruption.
Investigative journalism and public-interest policy work related to healthcare reform, anti-corruption, consumer protection, financial accountability, food safety, whistleblower issues, and other social harms.
Primarily supported by charitable donations and foundation grants; it describes itself as a tax-exempt public charity with low overhead and donor-supported operations.
Founder and investigative journalist Tom Mueller; co-founder Chad Mueller; grant and project partners have included the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Non-profit public charity (501(c)(3))
