Dear Subscriber,
We closed our fiscal year 2021 on June 30, and can now report that FactCheck.org received $208,990 in individual contributions from readers like you.
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Financial Disclosure:
Fiscal Year 2021
(12 months ending June 30, 2021)
Annenberg Foundation: $406,159
Facebook (Third-Party Fact-checking Program): $389,925
Individual donors: $208,990
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $99,870
Facebook (National Association of Black Journalists fact-checking fellowship program): $30,032
Google: $4,404
During this 12-month period, we received 2,629 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $10,000. The average individual donation was $80, and half of our individual donations were $25 or less.
In addition, we received $389,925 from Facebook as part of a fact-checking project to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media, and $30,032 from Facebook to fund a NABJ fact-checking fellowship position at FactCheck.org. Facebook has no control over our editorial decisions.
We also received $99,870 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. SciCheck’s COVID-19/Vaccination Project is made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The foundation has no control over our editorial decisions, and the views expressed on our website do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundation.
For the fiscal year, we also received $4,404 in funding from the Google News Initiative for a joint project with Univision Noticias to combat COVID-19 misinformation. Google has no control over our editorial decisions.
The individual donors who gave $1,000 or more in fiscal year 2021:
Tracey Ludwin, Portland, Oregon: $12,155
Mike and Gretchen Apgar, Kalispell, Montana: $10,000
Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $10,000
Richard Heller, Media, Pennsylvania: $10,000
Jennifer Secoy Krach Fund via Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mountain View, California: $10,000
Johnson and Louise H. Clark Charitable Foundation, Saratoga, California: $6,685
Keith W. Kriebel and Linda A. Wells, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: $6,582
Seattle Foundation, Seattle, Washington: $5,000
Allen Stenger, Alamogordo, New Mexico: $5,000
Diane Deshong, Beverly Hills, California: $3,000
Mo and Cher Willems Foundation, Los Angeles, California: $3,000
Brian Zingale, New York, New York: $1,500
Jeffrey S. May, Aurora, Illinois: $1,000
The Susan and John Ryan Charitable Fund via Vanguard Charitable, Warwick, Rhode Island: $1,000
Michael Strizzi, Medford, Oregon: $1,000
Barbara Rosen, Seattle, Washington: $1,000
The Catherwood Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: $1,000
John Fife, Chicago, Illinois: $1,000
George Zimmerman, Riverside, California: $1,000
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