How we are funded

+972 Magazine is funded by a combination of reader support and grants from various foundations and individuals. Yearly audit and financial reports submitted by “972 — Advancement of Citizen Journalism” can be found here. More information and quarterly reports on donations from foreign entities can be found here. The best way of supporting us is by becoming a member. Learn more about our membership program or on how to make a one-off donation here.

The main financial sources for “972 – Advancement of Citizen Journalism”:

2011arrow

$10,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).
€6,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.


2012arrow

€12,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$10,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$60,000 – A grant from the Social Justice Fund (USA)
$3,120 – A grant from the Hekdesh philanthropy collective (USA)
$4,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).


2013arrow

$25,000 – *Readers’ support
€10,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$20,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$30,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$2,500 – Advertising
$2,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).


2014arrow

$74,000 – *Reader support
$66,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
€10,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$20,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$50,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$3,500 – advertising
€2,500 – A grant from SIVMO (NL)


2015arrow

$73,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
$50,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$25,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$25,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$15,600 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel


2016arrow

$75,000 – *Reader support
$75,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
$60,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$25,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$12,600 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$10,000 – A grant from the Sparkplug Foundation (USA)
$1,800 – Advertising
$800 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)


2017arrow

$184,000 – *Reader support
$94,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
$60,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$27,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$11,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$7,000 – Dror Award for social change
$2,900 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)
$2,300 – A grant from SIVMO
$2,500 – Advertising
$1,700 – A grant from Dorot


2018arrow

$201,400 – Reader support
$135,600 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$83,300 – A grant from Open Society Foundation to Local Call**
$70,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA) to +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$11,500 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$11,500 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$2,800 – A grant from the Palestine Solidarity groups (Sweden)
$1,900 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)
$930 – Advertising


2019arrow

$414,800 – Reader support
$127,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$91,600 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call**
$70,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$28,500 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$11,700 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$5,000 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$1,400 – A grant from Two Flags One Future


2020arrow

$403,000 – Reader support
$125,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call**
$75,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$18,500 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$18,600 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$8,700 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$25,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$7,700 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$5,000 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$5,000 – A grant from the Google News Initiative
$2,500 – A grant from Two Flags One Future


2021arrow

$463,000 – Reader support
$130,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call**
$75,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$20,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$25,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$22,000 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$21,000 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$13,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call
$6,500 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$6,000 – A grant from CCFD Terre Solidaire
$1,600 – A grant from Two Flags One Future


2022arrow

$385,000 – Reader support
$148,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$100,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$100,000 – A grant from Anne Germanacos, Firehouse Fund: Cultivating Sparks
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call**
$25,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$20,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$21,000 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$12,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call
$11,000 – A grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation
$11,000 – A grant from Queens University in Belfast
$1,600 – A grant from Two Flags One Future

2023arrow

$712,553 – Reader support
$184,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$100,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$106,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$64,000 – A grant from an anonymous Foundation
$40,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$27,000 – A grant from the Disrupt Foundation
$27,000 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$25,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$25,000 – A grant from Anne Germanacos, Firehouse Fund: Cultivating Sparks
$22,000 – A grant from the IHL Human Rights Fund

2024arrow

$514,798 – Reader support (as of June)
$170,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$100,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$57,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$41,000 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$40,000 – A grant from an anonymous Foundation
$30,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$27,000 – A grant from the Disrupt Foundation
$25,000 – A grant from Anne Germanacos, Firehouse Fund: Cultivating Sparks
$15,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine

Figures have been updated in the third quarter of 2024, and will continued to be updated throughout the year

*Reader support includes donor-advised (DA) donations to +972 Magazine made through the New Israel Fund, and small grants.

** Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.