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.

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.

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