{"id":372,"date":"2018-09-06T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-08-18T08:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T08:01:46","slug":"funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/about\/funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are transparent about our funding sources. We ensure that funders have no influence over the conclusions that we reach in our fact checks.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our Funders to date<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/articles\/factcheckni-awarded-funding-by-joseph-rowntree-charitable-trust\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, FactCheckNI was awarded funding of \u00a399,190 by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrct.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to conduct our work entitled \u201cEmpowering People Through Facts\u201d. The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) aims to fund work which will contribute to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict. The project will run over a period of 24 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta\/Facebook<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/blog\/press-statement-factcheckni-joins-facebook-fact-checking-programme\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 April 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, FactCheckNI joined <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/journalismproject\/programs\/third-party-fact-checking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook\u2019s Third Party Fact Checking programme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, under which we receive payment for submitting certain fact check articles. For the calendar year 2021, we received \u00a35,340 under the programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Finance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July 2021, we were awarded a grant of \u00a35,000 from the Open Data project sponsored by the Northern Ireland Department of Finance. The project ran until January 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Commission<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From April 2018 to October 2021, FactCheckNI was a full partner organisation of a research and development project \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinform.eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-inform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 led by Stockholm University, as part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/programmes\/horizon2020\/en\/what-horizon-2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horizon 2020 Programme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the European Commission. The Co-inform project aims to create socio-technical solutions with citizens, journalists, and policymakers.FactCheckNI received a total grant of 223,304 euros (c. \u00a3191,723).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politics in Action\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FactCheckNI was commissioned to deliver training services as part of a project by Politics in Action, which began in October 2021. To date, we have received payment of \u00a31,200.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FactCheckNI is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Northern Ireland at Companies House (Company Registration Number: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/NI660549\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NI660549<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The company was established with the objective of improving fact checking and critical thinking skills in Northern Ireland. FactCheckNI is a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC), where all generated surplus income will be reinvested in the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project funds come from charitable trusts, statutory bodies, and individual donations. None contribute to our editorial policy nor influence what we fact check.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project costs mainly cover paying for staff (researchers, writers, and editors) and training services (trainers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the last financial period ended April 2021, project costs were \u00a353,356.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can review our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/NI068079\/filing-history\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/NI660549\/filing-history\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">current<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filings at Company House.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are transparent about our funding sources. 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