Our Funders and Donors

The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded exclusively through contributions, grants and sales of stories.

In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,712.87 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our end-of-the-year fundraising drive.

In April 2020, the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation awarded The Badger Project a $600 grant from the Wirtanen Family Fund.

In March 2021, we received a matching grant of $12,500 from NewsMatch 2020 and $2,500 from the Google News Initiative in coordination with our end-of-the-year fundraising drive.

In November 2021, we received a $5,000 grant from the Evjue Foundation in Madison, WI.

In February 2022, we received a $5,000 grant from the La Crosse Community Foundation.

In March 2022, we received a matching grant of $14,000 from NewsMatch 2021 in coordination with our end-of-the-year fundraising drive.

In March 2022, we received a matching grant of $22,390.37 from the Loud Hound Foundation in San Francisco in coordination with NewsMatch.

In May 2022, we received a $10,000 grant from the Western Wind Foundation in Chicago.

In November 2022, we received a $5,000 grant from the Evjue Foundation in Madison, WI.

In March 2023, we received a matching grant of $15,000 from NewsMatch 2022 in coordination with our end-of-the-year fundraising drive.

In March 2023, we received a matching grant of $16,700 from the Loud Hound Foundation in San Francisco in coordination with NewsMatch.

In April 2023, we received a $2,500 grant from the Jon and Martha Hove Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Dunn County.

In June 2023, we received a $4,000 grant from the Wirtanen Family Fund at the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation.

The Badger Project also discloses the names and amounts of donors who give more than $1,000.

Chris Hong, of Jacksonville, FL, has donated $8,025.

The Candace Koehn Watt Trust, of Murphysboro, IL, has donated $5,000.

James Lodas, of Chicago, has donated $2,700.

Alice Beneker, of Madison, WI, has donated $2,250.

Nicholas Watt of Madison, WI, has donated $2,000.

Michael Leppen, of Chicago, has donated $1,000.


Below is a list of all the donors who have ever contributed to The Badger Project.

Adam PaulGerald Palmer & Kathleen JordanNancy Anderson
Adams Publishing GroupGreg NeumannNathan Crowder
Adrienne BellGregory StrasserNathan Jung
Agnes BreunigGriffin BianchiNicholas & Shawn Fawell
Alan FergusonHaley SmithNicholas Helser
Aleksandra TauchenHayley KleymanNick Fatsis
Alexander BrahHelene GeorgalanNick Topitzes
Allen ArthurHoward HardeeNicole Chavas
Amanda MansourIan JohansonNikki & Scott Storck
Amanda RussellIsabeau DashoPam Peacock
Amos PosnerJ Michael LoganbillPatricia Cameron
Amy MaggioJack & Bonnie MitchellPatrick Molzahn
Angela JanisJacob StampenPaul and Dolores Gohdes
Ann CameronJames ForcePeder & Laurene Bach
Ann LewandowskiJeff PaytonPeter Power
Anna MorrowJeffrey A BarrettPhoebe Lee
Antje GambleJeffrey JohnsonR. A. Leedle
Antonia Van TwiskJennifer Schulz-JohnstonRaina & Art Haralampopoulos
Arvind GopalratnamJeremy MarshallRick Cveykus
Ashley ToyJeremy SchellinRob Kidd
Athena Daniolos & David DowellJerilyn DahmenRobert Beets
Atticus RustJessica LischkaRobert Klostermann
Barbara & Christian KaravolasJoAnn PedersenRobert McPherson
Ben HoltJohn CameronRobert Sarwark
Benjamin CameronJohn DahmenRochelle Bernstein
Benjamin DahlJohn GockmanRoseanne Olson
Beth CharpentierJohn HollisterRyan Ashton
Beth DenzinJohn McLooneRyan Christoph
Beverly PestelJohn ZwadzichRyan Goes
Bill QuinnJonah BurnsRyan Mosher
Bill WellockJordan TaylorRyan Ramquist
Brandon RowleyJorien CampbellRyan Urban
Brendan GibbonsJosef LindnerS. Todd Stevens
Brian E. FishJoseph & Jane SchirmerSai Lui
Bruce MoffatJoseph KimSam & Anna Fatsis
Bryn ShankJudith LeeSam Blue
Cameron SmithJustin RamquistSam Hoisington
Carolyn GredeKatherine FafaliosSamuel Berns
Carrie BrownKatherine GardnerSarah Barron
Catherine RiverKathleen YaleSarah Mueller
Chad YunkKathy AndersonScott Krueger
Christine Chappell BelkinKathy GileScott Spevacek
Christine GonzalezKathy SchleicherSeth Lakso
Christopher CarlsonKelley EmbreeSharon Mylrea
Clare Zaiman-KeenKevin BuschShelley Weiss
Cynthia ShumwayKing Adjei-FrimpongStanley Kosek
D.J. PenzaKurt BreunigStephen Barry
Dan & Pat CornwellLauren JosephStephen Freskos
Dan ChristophLaurene BachSteve Hanson
Daniel & Maura DashoLeanne JacksonSteven & Wendy Trost
Daniel HeimannLee SmithSteven Delahoyde
Daniel KopelsonLena GiakoumopoulosStu Levitan
Daniel LineLinda DegnanSusan Fredman
Dave BlackLinda HitchmanSusan Roth
David & Athena Daniolos DowellLoretta JellingsSusan Truitt
David & Deborah ChristophLori SeekeTammy Frederiksen
David & Nancy GiffeyLuba BalchTed & Adrienne Capas
David LaresLynn and Cheryl BinnieTed & Terri Gregory
David MeixelspergerMaggie HennessyThanos Tsiolis
Deborah HoltMarge EnglemanThomas & Joan Ensign
Denise JordanMargo SchmidtThomas Cameron
Dick RecordMaria HeideThomas H or Carolynn A Thiel
Dolores WasylikMark HetzelThomas Marmet
Donna SiedschlagMark HoppingThomas Payton
Donna WinterMark RahneTim & Lisa Montgomery
Dorit BergenMark SimonToby Mitchell
Dylan SmithMartha G. MungerTP Printing
Elizabeth Ellsworth-KaschMary ManeringTy Kurtz
Emily HoeslyMatina KyriakopoulosVicky McSherry
Eric SchollMatthew MaloneyVictoria Rakowski
Eric TownleyMatthew SchleicherVince Insalaco
Erich SchleicherMegan TimmonsVincent Filak
Erik JohnsonMelanie NordenVirginia Choles
Ethan MathyMeredith BrusterVirginia Kruse
Ethel C QuislerMeredyth MaddoxWausau Pilot & Review
Faith MorganMichael CaveyWilliam Quinn
Fort Atkinson OnlineMichael LehmkuhlWilliam Wellock
Gay BurchillMichael PagedasYvonne Fawell
George & Nia CholesMichael SisakZayn King-Dollie
George HesselbergMolly O’BrienZoe Fawell

Our Editorial Independence Policy and Annual Financial Reports can be found by clicking those links.