The Scripps Howard Fund is a public charity[1] that supports philanthropic causes important to the E. W. Scripps Company, an American media conglomerate which owns television stations, cable television networks, and other media outlets.
The Fund's mission, according to its website, is "creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education, childhood literacy, and local causes.
"[2] The headquarters are situated together with the Scripps Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[6] Additionally, it established the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia.
[7] A $15 million dollar donation in 2006 led to the renaming of the now Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.