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Arnold Ventures: $190,000 (year 2 of a 2-year $380,000 grant)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism: $8,000
Internship Program
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Democracy SOS: $5,000
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Evjue Foundation: $15,000
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Fund for Investigative Journalism: $10,000
Voter fraud investigation
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation: $26,000
Microsoft Project
Herb Kohl Philanthropies: $5,000
Inasmuch Foundation: $50,000
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Institute for Nonprofit News: $15,000
Programming:Data Driven Reporting Project
Joyce Foundation: $200,000
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Knight Foundation
Logan Foundation: $150,000 (year 3 of 3-year $450,00)
Madison Community Foundation: $5,000
General Support
Miami Foundation: $6,727.37
Local Match Bonus
Microsoft
NewsMatch: $25,700
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Northwestern University Knight Lab: $50,000
Programming: Data Driven Reporting Project
Peters Family Foundation: $10,000
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Philip Merrill College at the University of Maryland: $13,500
Roy W. Howard Fellowship Program
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Reva and David Logan Foundation: $150,000
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University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation: $6,000
Ann Devroy Memorial Fellow
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