Who funds us
We are extremely grateful to the trusts and foundations whose generous support allows us to continue producing high-quality journalism which challenges power, inspires change and builds leadership among groups underrepresented in the media.
The support we receive through the generosity of our readers is also really important to us. Please consider supporting us to help openDemocracy survive and grow.
You can support openDemocracy with charitable grants and gifts to the openDemocracy programme of openTrust, a UK-registered charity (#1086404).
Our current grants
Ford Foundation: $500,000 over 24 months for general operating support.
Foundation for a Just Society: $400,000 over 24 months for the expansion and strengthening of our Tracking the Backlash project in Latin America and East Africa.
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust: £60,000 over 12 months to support our Dark Money investigations.
JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, Supported by the Google News Initiative: $50,000 over 9 months to support our ‘CopySwap: Leveraging the power of AI to grow subscriptions and increase revenue’ project.
Legal Education Foundation: £75,000 over 18 months to support investigations into the impact of ‘anti-democratic’ legislation on accountability and rights in the UK and £5,000 over 18 months to strengthen wellbeing and organisational resilience.
Legal Education Foundation and the Civic Power Fund: £1,000 to support the health and wellbeing of our journalists as they report on racist and Islamophobic violence and its impacts.
openTrust, supported by the Cobalt Trust: £70,000 over 12 months for general operating support.
openTrust, supported by Humanity United: $390,000 over 36 months to support our Beyond Trafficking and Slavery project.
openTrust, supported by the HT and LB Cadbury Charitable Trust: £4,000 over 12 months for general operating support.
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund: $450,000 over 24 months for the expansion and strengthening of our Tracking the Backlash project in Latin America and East Africa.
Individual donations
Four thousand six hundred and seven individuals gave us £428,457.10 in 2024.
In 2024, openTrust received £44,910 in donations on behalf of individuals for openDemocracy’s core activities. For more details on openTrust’s finances, please see its accounts.
You can find our accounts on the Companies House website.