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. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates as a public trust, we do not pay certain taxes. We may receive funds from standard government programs offered to nonprofits or similar businesses.
Our news judgments are made independently—not based on or influenced by donors or any revenue source. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review, or edit content.
We make public all revenue sources and donors who give $5,000 or more per year. As a news nonprofit, we avoid accepting charitable donations from government entities, political parties, elected officials, or candidates 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.
The following organizations have made a donation of $5,000 or more to The Land since our founding.
- Cleveland Foundation
- Nord Family Foundation
- Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
- Ringen Fund
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Deaconess Foundation
- Facebook Journalism Initiative
- Google News Initiative News Equity Fund
- Ideastream Public Media funded by The Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation
- Indiegraf
- JumpStart
- LION Publishers
- Miami Foundation – NewsMatch
- Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
- Report for America (GroundTruth Project)
- Sears Swetland Family Foundation
- Solutions Journalism Network
- Institute for Nonprofit News
- MAGNET
- HFLA
- Downtown Cleveland Alliance
- Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
- Cleveland Development Advisors
- Destination Cleveland
