Standalone organization
Champaign, Illinois, United States.
Investigate Midwest, headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, United States, is a nonprofit organization.
Investigate Midwest is both the publisher of the news service and the legal entity that enables it to function as an organization.
Investigate Midwest is a nonprofit newsroom covering the practices of agricultural corporations and institutions.
The Trust Project is an international consortium of news organizations building standards of transparency and working with technology platforms to affirm and amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion and fairness so that the public can make informed news choices. It was founded and is led by award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman.
Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, was our original funder, through the Trustworthy Journalism Initiative of Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Google followed with their financial support. Our funders also have included Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Facebook. Funders. Trust Project policies and the Trust Indicators are shaped and enforced independently from our funding sources.