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Fiscal Year 2020, Second Quarter

(three months ending Dec. 31, 2019)

Annenberg Foundation: $54,272

Facebook: $57,400

Stanton Foundation: $50,000

Individual donors: $64,697

During this three-month period, we received a total of 743 gifts from individual donors, the largest of which was $10,000. The average individual donation was $87, and half of our individual donations were $25 or less.

In addition, we received $57,400 from Facebook as part of a national project to debunk viral deceptions circulating on social media, and a $50,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation. Stanton underwrites the cost of our undergraduate fellowship program, and it will help fund our 2020 election coverage, and general operating expenses.

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

Richard Heller, Media, Pennsylvania: $10,000

Donald McGee, Mukilteo, Washington: $5,500

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

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

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

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

Colin J. Cash, Winthrop, Massachusetts: $1,000