Donor Transparency

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What does my donation do?

Your tax-deductible donation helps us do our job. In part, it pays for our newsroom to dig deep on important agribusiness and agricultural issues in the Midwest that impact people throughout the world.

Our work is shared for republication with media outlets across the country, which helps fill the gap between the lack of newsroom resources and critical, in-depth coverage of issues impacting our food systems in rural communities as well as urban areas.

Can I send my donation by mail?

Yes, you can send it to:

Investigate Midwest
701 Devonshire Dr., C-33
Champaign, IL 61820

Our EIN is 27-1652830.

Can I make a tax-free IRA gift?

Yes — if you’re 70 ½ or older! This Qualified Charitable Distribution counts toward your required minimum and supports public service, accountability reporting.

Will I receive a receipt?

Yes, you will receive a thank you and a receipt for your tax-deductible donation.

What is your donation policy?

We are an independent nonprofit newsroom. No donations alter our journalistic integrity or influence our decisions.

Have another question we didn’t answer here?

We are committed to transparency in every aspect of funding our organization.

Accepting financial support does not mean we endorse donors or their products, services or opinions.

We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals, organizations and foundations to help with our general operations, coverage of specific topics, and special projects. Our news judgments are made independently – not based on or influenced by donors. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review or edit content.

As a nonprofit, we will avoid accepting donations from anonymous sources, and we will not accept donations from government entities, political parties, elected officials or candidates actively seeking public office.

We will not accept donations from sources who, deemed by our board of directors, present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.