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It is our policy to provide quarterly financial reports to you as part of our promise to be transparent about our funding sources.

This is our first quarter report, which covers our funding sources and individual contributions from July 1, 2019, to September 30, 2019.

FactCheck.org was originally funded by a founding grant from the Annenberg Foundation, but those funds are nearly exhausted. We increasingly rely on individual donations to supplement our finances and continue our work.

We received $11,580 in individual donations in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. 

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Below you will find our quarterly report disclosing cash support for the three-month period ending September 30, 2019. This and previous reports can be found on our website.

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  Financial Disclosure:

Fiscal Year 2020, First Quarter

(three months ending September 30, 2019)

Annenberg Foundation: $54,335

Facebook:  $59,500

Individual donors: $11,580

During this three-month period, we received a total of 295 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $1,000. The average individual donation was $39, and half of our individual donations were $15 or less. In addition, we received $59,500 from Facebook as part of a project to debunk viral deceptions circulating on the social media site. Facebook has no control over our editorial decisions.

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

Robert Steinberg, Cambridge, Massachusetts: $1,000