The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism is registered with CIPC as a non-profit company and with SARS as a public benefit organisation.
Investigative journalism takes time and money. Our annual budget of about R8-million is supported by grants, mostly from charitable foundations, and increasingly by donations from members of the public – our “amaB Supporters”.
We are independent. We do not sell advertising and do not accept grants from governments or corporates. We also do not accept grants earmarked for specific stories or themes. We define grants as donations above R6 000/year.
We acknowledge these 2018-19 grants to date:
the Bertha Foundation: R600 000
the Millennium Trust: R1 900 000
the RAITH Foundation: R1 000 000
the Claude Leon Foundation: R1 000 000 (Jan-Dec 2018)
the Social Justice Initiative: R300 000 (Dec 2017 - Nov 2018)
Julius Cobbett: R10 000
Marion Smallbones: R10 000
Merle Lipton: GBP500
We acknowledge these 2017-18 grants:
the Bertha Foundation: R600 000 grant
the Claude Leon Foundation: R957 201 grant and R34 187 regrant of cost recovery (Jan-Dec 2017)
the Claude Leon Foundation: R1 000 000 (Jan-Dec 2018)
the Millennium Trust: R1 900 000 grant
the Open Society Foundation for South Africa: R1 500 000 grant and R9 000 in kind
the RAITH Foundation: R954 666 grant
the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa: USD 38 470 grant
the Social Justice Initiative: R300 000 grant (Dec 2017 - Nov 2018)
Magda Wierzycka: R100 000
Sean Dougherty: R25 000
Julius Cobbett: R10 000
Ravi Naidoo: R50 000
Nicola Harris: R50 000
The Frank Robb Charitable Trust: R90 000
Professor David Tabb: R60 000
Laurianne Claase and Lee Watson: R27 500
Heye Daun: R15 000
Rowan Brewer: R90 000
Russell Moore: R12 000
Gavin Joubert: R25 000
Waldek Wasowicz: R10 000
Bruce Chelius: R10 000
Sandile Zungu: R31 000
Tony Cole: R20 000
Mano Moodley: R10 000
Johan Roos: R10 000
Chris Gouws: R11 000
The Joan St Leger Lindbergh Charitable Trust: R100 000
Heather Moore: R8 040
J.M. Harris: R15 000
the Egg Trust: R300 000
Sullivan O'Carroll: R10 000
Paul Kumleben: R120 000
Richard Gush: R25 000
Irene Staehelin: R11 000
Kerry Hurst: R20 000
Graham Vivian: R20 000
Sam Amod: R8 000
Pieter Van der Walt: R6 500
We acknowledge these 2016-17 grants:
the Bertha Foundation: R600 000 grant and R51 432 re-grant of unspent prior year funds
the Claude Leon Foundation: R1 000 000 grant
the Millennium Trust: R1 900 000 grant and R74 980 re-grant
the Open Society Foundation for South Africa: R2 000 000 grant
the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa: $48 362 grant
the RAITH Foundation: R873 855 grant and R53 538 re-grant
the Social Justice Initiative: R279 780 re-grant
the Egg Trust: R325 000
the Frank Robb Charitable Trust: R80 000
Laurie Slatter: R10 000
Magda Wierzycka: R10 000
Rowan Brewer: R60 000
Tony Cole: R10 000
Sam Amod: R15 000
Bryant Roux: R9 000
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