====== ProPublica ======

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**ProPublica**, or **Pro Publica, Inc** is an [[united_states_of_america|American]] non-profit news organization based in [[united_states_of_america:new_york:New York City]], [[united_states_of_america:New York]].

===== History =====

On February 28, 2022, [[Building a Stronger Future]] announced a $5 million grant to ProPublica to "support reporting on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness."((//Bankman-Fried Family Donates $5 Million to ProPublica.// (2022, February 28). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172729/https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/bankman-fried-family-donates-5-million-to-propublica)) The three-year grant was intended to "support investigations into ongoing questions about the COVID-19 pandemic, biosecurity and public health preparedness."

On December 20, ProPublica announced that it was returning the initial $1.6 million it had received "and that it has terminated its relationship with the Building a Stronger Future foundation following allegations of fraudulent activities against [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]."((ProPublica. (2022, December 20). //ProPublica to Return Grant Funded by Bankman-Fried Family.// ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20221230000759/https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/bankman-fried-family-donates-5-million-to-propublica))

===== Organization =====

==== Board of Directors ====

The Chair of ProPublica's Board of Directors, [[Paul Sagan]], is also a director at [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]]. He bought shares in Moderna shortly before a huge surge in value associated with a [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] announcement.((Lin, E. (2020, April 1). //ProPublica Chairman Paul Sagan bought Moderna stock before the latest surge.// Barron’s. https://archive.ph/VD2Xb))

==== Donors ====

Donors to ProPublica include:((//2021 Annual Report.// (2021). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705054241/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/2021AnnualReportFinal2.pdf)) ((//2020 Annual Report.// (2020). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705061938/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2020-annual-report.pdf)) ((//2019 Annual Report.// (2019). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705062310/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2019-annual-report.pdf)) ((//2018 Annual Report.// (2018). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419193245/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2018-annual-report.pdf)) ((//2017 Annual Report.// (2017). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705063621/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2017-annual-report.pdf)) ((//Bankman-Fried Family Donates $5 Million to ProPublica.// (2022, February 28). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172729/https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/bankman-fried-family-donates-5-million-to-propublica))

  * [[Arnold Ventures]]
  * [[Building a Stronger Future]]
  * [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]]
  * [[Center for Disaster Philanthropy]]
  * [[Craigslist Charitable Fund]]
  * [[Democracy Fund]]
  * [[Ford Foundation]]
  * [[Foundation to Promote Open Society]]
  * [[Fund for Second Nature]]
  * [[Google News Initiative]]
  * [[Google News Lab]]
  * [[Heising-Simons Foundation]]
  * [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]
  * [[Jack Dorsey]]
  * [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]]
  * [[Knight Foundation]]
  * [[McKinsey & Company]]
  * [[Open Society Foundations]]
  * [[Robert and Maurine Rothschild Fund]]
  * [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]]
  * [[Scripps Howard Foundation]]
  * [[Skoll Global Threats Fund]]
  * [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]]
  * [[Yellow Chair Foundation]]