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Foundations and institutions
Arnold Ventures: $150,000
General support
Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment: $30,000
Grant
Brico Fund: $5,000
Grant
Craig Newmark Philanthropies: $70,000
Election Integrity Project
Economic Hardship Reporting Project: Earned income
Evjue Foundation & The Capital Times: $10,000
General support
Facebook/ Lenfest Institute: $100,000
Membership Program and Digital Infrastructures
First Draft News:
Earned income
GNI: $122,000
News414
Google News Initiative: $5,000
Reporting on the Pandemic
Greater Milwaukee Foundation: $12,000
Metcalf Park Documentary
INN: $30,000
General support
Joyce Foundation: $150,000
General support
Newsmatch: $22,000
General support
ProPublica: 25% subsidy of a Center reporter’s salary to support coverage of voting issues
Reva and David Logan Foundation: $150,000
General support
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Foundation: $6,000
Ann Devroy Memorial Fellow
Votebeat: $51,000
Supporting election coverage
Herb Kohl Philanthropie
Report for America
Solutions Journalism Network
Wisconsin Newspaper Association
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