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{{Infobox organization
| name = Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation
| image =
| image_caption =
| formation = {{start date and age|2015|07|01}}
| headquarters =
| website = {{URL|https://ipsmf.org/}}
| abbreviation = IPSMF
| type = Public charitable trust
| purpose = Promoting excellence in "independent, public-spirited journalism"
| endowment = Financial and other support for public-interest information
| registration_id = CIT(E)/BLR/12A/M-134/AABT12413E/ITO(E)-1/ Vol 2015-2016
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The '''Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation''' is an Indian public charitable trust, established on July 1, 2015. The foundation works to promote quality independent journalism.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2015-09-20 |title=With starting corpus of Rs 100 cr, Bengaluru billionaires register media trust |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/commodities/bengaluru-billionaires-register-media-trust/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quint |first=The |date=2019-12-03 |title=Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Funds Anti-Govt Propagandist IPSMF: Malviya |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/kiran-mazumdar-shaw-funds-anti-govt-propagandist-ipsmf-bjp-amit-malviya |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-11 |title=About Us |url=https://www.theindiaforum.in/about-us |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=The India Forum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IPSMF {{!}} The Independent and Public-Spirited (IPS) Media Foundation |url=https://ipsmf.org/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The foundation was started with a fund of Rs 100 [[crore]] by a group of [[Bengaluru]] businessmen, including [[Azim Premji]], the chairman of [[Wipro]], and philanthropist [[Rohini Nilekani]].<ref name=":0" />

In August 2016 the foundation awarded a grant of Rs 1.95 [[crore]] to the Foundation for Independent Journalism (FIJ), a non-profit company that publishes ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]''. The group was awarded a second tranch of Rs 1.75 crore in March 2017. In 2018, IPSMF granted FIJ Rs 3.26 crore and committed to funding them for 2018-2019 as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How The Wire is Funded |url=https://thewire.in/media/how-the-wire-is-funded |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://mainmedia.in/about-us/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Main Media |language=Hi-IN}}</ref>

IPSM has also provided financial support to Spunklane Media Private Limited for the purpose of reporting and publishing stories of public interest under the section 'Delve'.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

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