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Thank you to our generous funders for supporting our mission!
$500,000 – $1,500,000
- MacArthur Foundation
- American Journalism Project
- Skyline Foundation
- Democracy Fund
- Ford Foundation
$200,000-$500,000
- Song Foundation
- Skillman Foundation
- Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
- The Henry Luce Foundation
- Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
- Knight Foundation
$100,000-$200,000
- Walton Family Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Arnold Ventures
- Borealis Philanthropy
- Facebook Journalism Project*
$50,000-$100,000
- Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
- Inasmuch Foundation
- Local Independent Online News Publishers*
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$10,000-$50,000
- Report for America
- Google News Initiative*
- The Miami Foundation
- Solutions Journalism Network
- ProPublica Local Reporting Network*
- Scripps Howard Foundation*
- NIHCM
- Michigan Health Endowment Fund
* Denotes legacy Outlier Media supporters who do not currently fund our organization but contributed to us in the past. We are so grateful to you!