I’ll be honest. The next few days, we’ll be sending a lot of emails asking readers to support The Intercept’s journalism before December 31.
But there’s a good reason for that: Every year, we get a last-minute surge of donations. More people donate to The Intercept in the last 48 hours of the year than usually do in an entire month.
Frankly, it’s nerve-wracking for everyone on our team. So many important reporting projects hang in the balance as we wait anxiously for donations to begin rolling in.
We don’t love filling up your inbox, but The Intercept’s journalism really does depend on your support.... There are no corporate advertisers clamoring for more stories about how they profit by endangering freedom and democracy.
Don’t procrastinate. If you intend to support The Intercept’s journalism before the end of the year, please do so right now.
If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:
We live in a time of overlapping and accelerating crises.
The coronavirus pandemic. A failing democracy. Rampant disinformation online. The climate emergency. Mass incarceration. Deadly and unchecked drone warfare.
That’s why we set an ambitious year-end goal of raising $700,000. We’re already more than halfway there, but the end of the year is coming up faster than you might think.
People all over the world rely on The Intercept’s hard-hitting investigative reporting, but less than 1 percent of our readers ever make a donation. So we’re asking you to chip in whatever you can afford today — and every year-end donation will be doubled by a matching donor, making your money go even further.
Thank you,
Michael Sherrard
Membership Director
First Look Institute is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (tax ID number 80-0951255).
The Intercept’s mailing address is:
First Look Institute
P.O. Box 27442
Washington, DC 20038
The Intercept is an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Our in-depth investigations and unflinching analysis focus on surveillance, war, corruption, the environment, technology, criminal justice, the media and more. Email is an important way for us to communicate with The Intercept’s readers, but if you’d like to stop hearing from us, click here to r0 from all communications. Protecting freedom of the press has never been more important. Contribute now to support our independent journalism.