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Donor Transparency

We are committed to transparency in every aspect of funding our organization.

Accepting financial support does not mean we endorse donors or their products, services or opinions.

We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals, organizations and foundations to help with our general operations, coverage of specific topics, and special projects. Our news judgments are made independently – not based on or influenced by donors. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review or edit content.

As a nonprofit, we will avoid accepting donations from anonymous sources, and we will not accept donations from government entities, political parties, elected officials or candidates actively seeking public office.

We will not accept donations from sources who, deemed by our board of directors, present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.

We will make public all donors who give $5,000. See below for more.


Donors who have given $5,000 or more in a single contribution

2026
David Steinglass

2024
The Richard Blau Family Fund

2022
David Jackson
David Steinglass

Donors who have given $5,000 over a lifetime

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS

Reva & David Logan Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Builders Vision Philanthropy, Gary Marx Journalism Fund, Kirkpatrick Foundation, Chicago Region Food System Fund, Illinois Food Movement Fund, GRACE Communications, Good Chaos, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Rural News Network, Google News Initiative, Data-Driven Reporting Project, Arnold Ventures.

We are proud to hold the Candid Seal of Transparency, demonstrating our commitment to openness and accountability in all that we do.

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