{"id":3388,"date":"2016-12-31T00:55:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T05:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?page_id=3388"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:54:42","slug":"funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/about\/funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Our funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom fueled by the belief that strong communities and a healthy democracy depend on trusted, fact-based reporting. We rely on the generosity of individuals, foundations, and mission-aligned businesses to sustain our work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your support enables us to investigate deeply, hold power to account, and tell stories that might otherwise go untold. We also earn revenue through partnerships, offering services like fact-checking, student mentorship, and collaborative investigative projects \u2014 all aligned with our public-service mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To protect our integrity, editorial independence, and nonpartisanship, funders have no influence over our editorial decisions. We do not accept anonymous donations, and we are fully transparent about all sources of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our reporting is made possible by readers like you. Explore our generous donors and funders by year below and <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/donate\/\">join them in supporting independent journalism<\/a> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click below on a specific year to learn more about our funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/wisconsin-watch-2024-funding\/\">2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/wisconsin-watch-2023-funding\/\">2023<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2022-funding\/\">2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2021-funding\/\">2021<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2020-funding\/\">2020<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2019-funding-2\/\">2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2018-funding\/\">2018<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2017-funding\/\">2017<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a 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