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We closed our fiscal year 2020 on June 30, and can now report that FactCheck.org received $139,230 in individual contributions from readers like you.


That’s slightly more than last year, and our third highest annual amount since we began accepting individual donations in 2010. Our record is $201,311 in FY2017.


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Fiscal Year 2020
(12 months ending June 30, 2020)


Annenberg Foundation: $207,632


Facebook: $323,745


Google: $100,000


Stanton Foundation: $50,000


Individual donors: $139,230


During this 12-month period, we received 2,185 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $10,000. The average individual donation was $64, and half of our individual donations were $25 or less.


In addition, we received $323,745 from Facebook as part of a project ([link removed]) to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media; $100,000 from Google to support FactCheck.org’s COVID-19 coverage ([link removed]) ; and $50,000 from the Stanton Foundation to underwrite FactCheck.org’s undergraduate fellowship program ([link removed]) and offset general operating expenses. Donors have no control over our editorial decisions.


The individual donors who gave $1,000 or more in fiscal year 2020:


Richard Heller, Media, Pennsylvania: $10,000


Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $10,000


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


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


Lawrence Kinsloe Madison via LKM Charitable Fund, New York, New York: $3,000


David J. Spector, New York, New York: $2,500


Leighton Moss, Houston, Texas: $2,000


Mo and Cher Willems Foundation, Los Angeles, California: $2,000


Colin J. Cash, Winthrop, Massachusetts: $1,500


First Dollar Foundation, San Francisco, California: $1,000


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


Harold Appleton, Bodega Bay, California: $1,000


Sagehorn Family Charitable Fund via Schwab Charitable Fund, San Francisco, California: $1,000



Fiscal Year 2020, Fourth Quarter
(three months ending June 30, 2020)


Annenberg Foundation: $44,063


Google: $100,000


Facebook: $87,265


Individual donors: $30,181


During this three-month period, we received a total of 675 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $2,000. The average individual donation was $45, and half of our individual donations were $20 or less.


In addition, we received $100,000 from Google to support FactCheck.org’s COVID-19 coverage, ([link removed]) and $87,265 from Facebook as part of a national project ([link removed]) to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media. Donors have no control over our editorial decisions.


The individual donors who gave $1,000 or more in the fourth quarter:


Leighton Moss, Houston, Texas: $2,000


Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $1,500


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