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ProPublica

ProPublica, or Pro Publica, Inc is an American non-profit news organization based in New York City, 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.”1) 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.”2)

Organization

Board of Directors

The Chair of ProPublica's Board of Directors, Paul Sagan, is also a director at Moderna. He bought shares in Moderna shortly before a huge surge in value associated with a COVID-19 vaccine announcement.3)

Donors

Donors to ProPublica include:4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)

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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
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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
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Lin, E. (2020, April 1). ProPublica Chairman Paul Sagan bought Moderna stock before the latest surge. Barron’s. https://archive.ph/VD2Xb
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2021 Annual Report. (2021). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705054241/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/2021AnnualReportFinal2.pdf
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2020 Annual Report. (2020). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705061938/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2020-annual-report.pdf
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2019 Annual Report. (2019). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705062310/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2019-annual-report.pdf
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2018 Annual Report. (2018). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419193245/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2018-annual-report.pdf
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2017 Annual Report. (2017). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705063621/https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/propublica-2017-annual-report.pdf