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

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

Chris Hong, of Jacksonville, FL, has donated $7,025.32.

Alice Beneker, of Madison, WI, has donated $1,600.

James Lodas, of Chicago, IL, has donated $1,200.

Below is a list of all the donors who have ever contributed to our organization.

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