In addition to grants, our work is also made possible with the donations of individuals and organizations that have made contributions to support our project:
This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.
This is really interesting, does anyone know which funder(s) stepped in and saved the day?
Good question. Their website has a list of possible candidates:
This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.