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We closed our fiscal year 2019 on June 30, and can now report that FactCheck.org received $121,726 in individual contributions from readers like you.


That’s slightly less than last year, and the fourth-highest amount we have raised since we began accepting individual donations in 2010.


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Fiscal Year 2019
(12 months ending June 30, 2019)


Annenberg Foundation: $694,117


Facebook: $242,400


Stanton Foundation: $100,000


Individual donors: $121,726


In fiscal year 2019, we received a total of 1,768 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $10,000. The average individual donation was $69, and half of our individual donations were $25 or less.


In addition, we received $242,400 from Facebook as part of a national project ([link removed]) to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media, and a $100,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation ([link removed]) , which funded our undergraduate fellowship program ([link removed]) , helped to underwrite our 2018 election coverage ([link removed]) , and provided general operating expenses in fiscal 2019.


The individual donors who gave $1,000 or more:


Richard Heller, Media, Pennsylvania: $10,000


Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $6,000


Allen Stenger, Alamogordo, New Mexico: $5,000


Bessie Rattner Foundation, Glendale, New York: $5,000


Johnson and Louise H. Clark Charitable Foundation, Saratoga, California: $3,514


Lydia Holland, Princeton, New Jersey: $1,500


Mo and Cher Willems Foundation, Los Angeles, California: $1,500


Diane Deshong, Beverly Hills, California: $2,000


Shaw Green, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania: $1,000


Anne T. Hilbert, Lakeway, Texas: $2,000


Leslie Walker Charitable Fund: $1,000


Joslyn Levy, New York, New York: $1,000


Jeffrey S. May, Aurora, Illinois: $1,000


Ashish Myles, New York, New York: $1,000



Fiscal Year 2019, Fourth Quarter
(three months ending June 30, 2019)


Annenberg Foundation: $206,308


Facebook: $64,600


Individual donors: $23,247


During this three-month period, we received a total of 384 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $5,000. The average individual donation was $61, and half of our individual donations were $20 or less. In addition, we received $64,600 from Facebook as part of a project ([link removed]) to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media. Facebook has no control over our editorial decisions.


The individual donors who gave $1,000 or more:


Allen Stenger, Alamogordo, New Mexico: $5,000


Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $1,500


Diane Deshong, Beverly Hills, California: $1,000


Anne T. Hilbert, Lakeway, Texas: $1,000


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