FINANCES
CommonWealth Beacon is committed to financial transparency.
This page documents the policies that govern our fundraising strategy, organizational and individual contributors to CommonWealth Beacon, and detailed financial statements of our parent organization, MassINC.
Financial Policies
Financial Transparency
Our work is made possible by the generous support of individuals, foundations, donor advised funds, corporations, businesses, and other non-profit entities for purposes that help the organization further its mission. The following policies and guidelines govern acceptance of gifts made to CommonWealth Beacon.
Our organization will make public all donors who give a total of $2,500 or more per year to CommonWealth Beacon.
CommonWealth Beacon accepts financial support from a variety of sources. We do not accept donations from sources that present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence. CommonWealth Beacon’s parent organization, MassINC, also provides financial support to CommonWealth Beacon, using unrestricted dollars it receives from donors and earned revenue. Since MassINC allocates a portion of its unrestricted donations to CWB, we will list those donors on the CWB website as well in the interests of full transparency. Such donations and donors must comply with the policies indicated herein.
CommonWealth Beacon will not allow receipt of funds from or solicitation of donors to CommonWealth Beacon to affect its decisions about its journalism. All editorial decisions are made independently and not based on donor support. Donors receive no preferential treatment and have no right to review editorial content. We do not give supporters the right to assign, review, or edit content. If a financial supporter is covered in a story or other editorial content, we disclose this at the bottom of the story.
CommonWealth Beacon also accepts donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.
We do not accept gifts from current elected Massachusetts state constitutional officers, members of the state Legislature, members of Congress, or mayors, candidates running for those offices, or state cabinet-level office holders. We do not accept support from political campaigns, political action committees, or political organizations as defined in Section 527 of the IRS Code.
Sponsors are entitled to share their messaging with “message from our sponsors” display units on our website and in our newsletter, or through sponsorship messages that accompany our events and special projects. All sponsor messaging is subject to review, and we decline any messaging that supports particular candidates or messages that we deem to be inaccurate or misleading.
Campaign Contributions
CommonWealth Beacon journalists may not make campaign contributions to political candidates. The MassINC CEO and publisher of CommonWealth Beacon may not make campaign contributions, either.
CommonWealth Beacon Funding
Founding Donors
Naomi Aberly
Wendy & David Ballinger
Brant Binder
Rick Burnes
Jeff Bussgang
Jon Davis
Michael Eisenson
Chris Gabrieli
Jeff Gore
Perrin & Bruns Grayson
Thomas Green
Bob Hildreth
Ann-Ellen Hornidge & Ned Murphy
Tom Hout & Sonja Ellingson Hout
Jonathan Isaacson
Mimi Jigarjian
Robin & Tripp Jones
Knight Foundation
Janny & Jonathan Kravetz
Paul & Mimi LaCamera
Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
Beth Lindstrom
Charles Longfield
Jennifer Nassour
Eileen O’Connor & Will Keyser
Randy Peeler
Dwight Poler
Bill Poorvu
Bob Popeo
John Regier
Alan Solomont
Brian Spector
Fredricka & Howard Stevenson
Corey Thomas
Michael J. Zak
CommonWealth Beacon Institutional Support
States Newsroom
2023 CommonWealth Beacon Individual Supporters
Melinda Ailes
Carole Allen-Scannell
Laura Alpert
Matthew Amorello
Rosalie Anders
Sheila Balboni
David Ball
Michael Barrett
John Barry
Ted Barten
Phineas Baxandall
Henry Bayer
Robert Baylor
Mark Beamis
Nancy Benchoff
Bill Benson
Brian Bjoern
Jody Black
Margot Botsford
Jeffrey Boutwell
John Bowman
Christopher Bowman
Barbara Brittingham
David Buck
Eric Buehrens
Andrew Bundy
Sean Burke
Laura Burns
Michael Butler
Antonio Caban
Andrew Calamare
Ned Carson
Kate Casa
Alan Castaline
Christopher Chapman
James Clark
Martin Cohen
Marianne Cooley
Joseph J. Corcoran
Kenneth Cormier
Ernest Corrigan
Martin Corry
Paul Creighton
Jeremy Crockford
Timothy Cronin
Jeff Crowley
Joanna Dahl
Alexandra Dailey
Daniel Dain
James Dao
Spencer Day
Gaston de los Reyes
Joshua Decosta
John DeVillars
Michael Diener
Keri-Nicole Dillman
Catherine Donaher
Mark Dorfman
Catherine Dunham
Eric Einhorn
Patrick Feldman
Miles Fidelman
Larry Field
Lewis Finfer
David Floreen
James Foley
Wendy Foxmyn
Stan Franzeen
Sarah Freeman
Thomas Gagen
Nina Garfinkle
Robert Gehret
Andre Gelinas
Marc Germain
Robert Gittens
Christopher Gittins
David Glascock
Lane Glenn
Maureen Glynn
Steven Gniazdowski
John Goetz
Nicholas Golden
Alycia Goody
Danielle Gosdin
Peter Gray-Mullen
Thomas Green
John Griffin
Johanna Gurland
Gary Gut
Debra Guttormsen
Audrey Hall
Conrad Halling
Elizabeth Hanna
Jay Harris
Robert Emmet Hayes
Denise Heintze
Rachel Heller
Alexander Henlin
Sean Hennessey
Ann Hershfang
Frederick Hewett
Kathleen Heyer
Clare Higgins
John & Karen Hine
Kenneth Hoffmann
Peter Hofman
Julian & Susan Houston
Sarita Hudson
Eric Huntley
Nora Huvelle
Paul Hyry-Dermith
Leo Immonen
Virginia Irvine
Andrew Jennings
Robin Johnson
Maya Jonas-Silver
Kevin Joyce
Dorothy Joyce
Tom Kadzis
Charlotte Kahn
Sheridan Kassirer
Barbara Kates-Garnick
Barbara Katzenberg
Jim Keefe
Thomas Kegelman
Karen Kelleher
Tracey Kelly
Tom Kelly
Jeanne Kempthorne
Kay Khan
Charles Kishpaugh
Ed Koenig
Miriam Komaromy
Paul Koulouris
Jean Krasnow
Charles Kravetz
Betty Krikorian
Terry Kwan
John Kyper
Rebekah Lacey
Jo Landers
Joe Landolfi
Anita Lanza
Mark Larsen
Joseph LaRusso
Melissa Lavinson
Dan Lavoie
Bruce Lederer
Bruce Ledgerwood
Carolyn Lee
Henry Lee
Greg Liakos
Thomas Lincoln
Beth Lindstrom
John Lippitt
Daniel Liss
Glynn Lloyd
Magdalena Lopez
Jim Lovejoy
Mary Lyman
Bernard Lynch
Emmett Lyne
Scott Mabel
John MacDougall
Maria Maffei
Jonathan Magee
Timothy Mahoney
Mack Makishima
Clive Martin
Shane Mathews
Juana Matias
Kathryn Maynes
Diana McCloy
Martha McCluskey
Michael & Elisabeth McCord
Edward McEnroe
Michelle McGee
Edward McGowan
Annette McKee
Lloyd Mendes
Glenn Merrill
Michael Metzler
Elizabeth Minnis
Jay Mitchell
Jerry Mogul
Margaret Monsell
Brian Mooney
Elizabeth Moore
Matthew Mostoller
Sharon M. Moulton
Dudley Mulcahy
Mike Murphy
Thomas E. Murphy
Hubert Murray
Christopher Myhrum
Daniel Nakamoto
Coleman Nee
Barbara Neufeld
Daniel Nocivelli
Judith Norsigian
Emily Norton
Shannon O’Brien
John O’Brien
Jim O’Leary
Lise Olney
Elaine O’Reilly
Stuart Ormsbee
Barbara Parmenter
Rasky Partners
Lucy Patton
Carlene Pavlos
Tom Peisch
Smitty Pignatelli
Alex Pirie
Sally Pkerans
Michael Porter
Al Prince
Elise Rapoza
Christopher Reavey
Emily Reynolds
Bryan Reynolds
Joy Ricciuto
Gordon Richardson
Dean Richlin
Lynne Roberts
Jacqueline Romeo
Richard Rosa
John Russell
Ronald Ruth
John Sacco
Lou Sahlu
Robert Samoluk
Steven Santoro
Esther Schlorholtz
Mary Scott
Peter Shapiro
Peter Shattuck
Barry Sheingold
Mary Shelton
Michael Sheridan
Tim Silva
Stephen Silveira
Michael Slater
William J. Slattery Jr.
Elizabeth Smith
Helene Solomon
Janis Soma
Noah Spies
Bill Stevens
David Stokes
Greg Strangeways
David Sullivan
Ed & Mary Supple Dailey
Marian Swain
Susan Swanson
Patrick Tally
Elizabeth Thompson
Warren Tolman
Greg Torres & Betsy Pattulo
Amy Travis
David Trevvett
Noreen Troccoli
Jeffrey Turgeon
Lexi Turner
Benjamin Unger
Karen Vachon
David Van Kennen
Bob Van Meter
Linda Veiga
Bette Viano
Patrick Wallace
Mary Ann Walsh
Mark Walsh
Benjamin Weiss
Dorothy Weitzman
Amy West
Raymond Widican
Deborah Wolozin
Richard Yoder
Luba Zhaurova
MassINC Funding
MassINC Foundational Support
MassINC receives unrestricted contributions and gifts from foundations. A portion of these funds are allocated to support CommonWealth Beacon. These contributors are listed below:
Barr Foundation
The Boston Foundation
Cummings Foundation
Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation
Elsie Van Buren Foundation
2023 MassINC Individual Supporters
MassINC receives unrestricted contributions and gifts from individuals. A portion of these funds are allocated to support CommonWealth Beacon. These contributors are listed below:
Susan Ash
Nancy Benchoff
Philip Condon
David & Victoria Croll
Mark Dorfman
Larry Field
Conrad Halling
Rachel Heller
Peter Hofman
Leo Immonen
Thomas Kegelman
Dan Lavoie
Beth Lindstrom
Glynn Lloyd
Eileen O’Connor
Esther Schlorholtz
Peter Shapiro
David Sullivan