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