Our Funding

As a non-profit organisation, the TBIJ relies on donations from pioneering foundations and individuals who recognise the power of investigative journalism in empowering citizens and sparking change.

TBIJ was founded in 2010 with generous support from David and Elaine Potter, who have remained deeply committed to the Bureau’s work ever since. With their backgrounds in media and computing, David and Elaine understand the importance of information for free and thriving societies.

We are extremely grateful to our funders and supporters:

• Adessium Foundation (Bureau core)

• The AI Accountability Network - The Pulitzer Center (Big Tech)

• The Aziz Foundation (Internships)

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Global Health)

• Changing Ideas (Link for Change)

• The David & Elaine Potter Foundation (Bureau core)

• Google News Initiative (Bureau Local)

• Hollick Family Foundation (various Bureau projects)

• Impact on Urban Health (Bureau Local)

• J Leon Charitable Fund (Bureau core)

• Joffe Charitable Trust (Enablers)

• John Ellerman Foundation (Bureau Local)

• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (Bureau Local)

• Lankelly Chase (Bureau Local)

• The Laura Kinsella Foundation (Enablers)

• Legal Education Foundation (Bureau Local)

• Luminate (Bureau core)

• Necessity (Bureau Local)

• Oak Foundation (Superbugs, Environment)

• Open Society Foundations (various Bureau projects)

• Paul Hamlyn Foundation (Bureau Local)

• Pears Foundation (Bureau core)

• Quadrature Foundation (Environment)

• Rainforest Investigations Network - The Pulitzer Center (Environment)

• The Reva and David Logan Foundation (Bureau core)

• Sigrid Rausing Trust (Enablers)

• The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation (Bureau Local)

• Stand.earth (Environment)

• Sunrise Project (Finance, Environment)

• Tobacco Control Research Group at Bath University (Global Health)

• Treebeard Trust (Bureau Local)

• The Trust for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (various Bureau projects)

We would also like to thank the donors and supporters who cannot be named here.

Journalismfund.eu has provided support for TBIJ journalists. We have also received generous in-kind donations or pro-bono services from: the Media Development Investment Fund, Google, Gorkana, Shutterstock, and Simons Muirhead & Burton Solicitors.

The small print

We welcome donations from foundations, organisations, and individuals, and accept one-off grants, or ongoing support, either for specific projects or for the entirety of our work.

Editorial independence is guaranteed by our constitution. TBIJ’s Editor’s decision is final and independent of any influence from our funders.

Our work is published on our website and freely available under a Creative Commons licence. Any revenue received from media organisations or others is re-invested in our journalism.

Main image, of the audience at a recent panel event, via TBIJ