City Bureau has received support upward of $5,000 from the following people and organizations.
American Journalism Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy*
Builders Foundation*
Carol Riley
The Chicago Community Trust
Conant Family Foundation
Crossroads Fund
Democracy Fund
The Dow Jones Foundation
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
The Driehaus Foundation
The Facebook Journalism Project
The Field Foundation
Ford Foundation
FThree Foundation
Google News Initiative
Healthy Communities Foundation*
The Henry Luce Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The Reva and David Logan Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation
Patchwork Collective
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Fund for Nonprofit News at The Miami Foundation
Skyline Foundation
The Square One Foundation
United Way*
Voqal Fund
Walton Family Foundation
Wayfarer Foundation*
*fiscally sponsored project
Editorial Independence Policy
We subscribe to standards of editorial independence adopted by the Institute for Nonprofit News:
Our organization retains full authority over editorial content to protect the best journalistic and business interests of our organization. We maintain a firewall between news coverage decisions and sources of all revenue. Acceptance of financial support does not constitute implied or actual endorsement of donors or their products, services or opinions.
We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, but our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.
Our organization may consider donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We will cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.
Our organization will make public all donors who give a total of $5,000 or more per year. We will accept anonymous donations for general support only if it is clear that sufficient safeguards have been put into place that the expenditure of that donation is made independently by our organization and in compliance with INN's Membership Standards.
Donor Transparency
We are committed to transparency in every aspect of funding our organization.
Accepting financial support does not mean we endorse donors or their products, services or opinions.
We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals, organizations and foundations to help with our general operations, coverage of specific topics and special projects. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates as a public trust, we do not pay certain taxes. We may receive funds from standard government programs offered to nonprofits or similar businesses.
Our news judgments are made independently – not based on or influenced by donors or any revenue source. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review or edit content.
We make public all revenue sources and donors who give $5,000 or more per year. As a news nonprofit, we avoid accepting charitable donations from anonymous sources, government entities, political parties, elected officials or candidates seeking public office. We will not accept donations from sources who, deemed by our board of directors, present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.
Tax Returns and Annual Financials
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2018 – Report on Audited Financial Statements
*City Bureau changed our fiscal year in 2017 from a June end date to a December end date, resulting in a 6 month return for the period of July 2017-December 2017
For more information on how City Bureau uses individual and foundation support,
subscribe to our newsletter and see select posts from our blog below:
Investing in a More Public Press
What American Journalism Project means for City Bureau’s civic newsroom (December 10, 2019)
Investing in Our Documenters = Investing in Our Community
On June 22, City Bureau was awarded a $50,000 prototype grant from Democracy Fund and the Knight Foundation — here’s what we plan to do next (June 27, 2017)
Disruptors or Repairers?
How City Bureau Fits in the Local Media Landscape (June 15, 2017)
What 100K Can Do for Civic Journalism in Chicago
Ensuring that growth is sustainable and accountable to the people (April 13, 2017)
This is What You Get for Reporting in the Open
Finding the unexpected at a City Bureau open house (August 23, 2016)
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