We are building infrastructure for public interest media.
Community is over 700 people strong. Help us make this sustainable — $1,000 a month in community support covers the tools and infrastructure we need to do this work at scale. Transparent spending. Public support tiers. Public tracker below.
Community-maintained. Team of six across Nigeria and the United States. This page is how you keep the work in motion.
Before you contribute, we would love to know who you are. What stories matter to you. What you want to understand. That conversation happens on the newsletter now — join in, and reply to any dispatch. We read every one.
Join the newsletter →Manual tracker · updated weekly · end-of-month goal: sustained $1,000/mo
Join before we hit $1,000/mo and you are a Founding Supporter · named on this page for good
Most of our supporters are at $5 a month right now — and that is exactly the plan. Two hundred people at $5 gets us to sustainable just as fast as a handful of bigger gifts, and it is a lot more people with a real stake in the work. If $5 is what works for you, bring a friend. More of those is the win.
- The dispatch · newsletter with research updates and release notes
- Access to Discord community
- Your name on the supporter roll on this site
- All public content, no paywall, ever
- Everything in Supporter tier
- Your name in monthly credits on work we produce, starting the month after you join
- Submit investigation requests. Your questions shape our work.
- Private Patrons channel in Discord
- Weekly team updates
- Everything in Patron tier
- A dollar a day. One Sustainer covers a real line item — a tool, a stipend, a payment rail.
- Your name in the end credits of every video we release
- Early access to releases before they go public
- Vote on which bounties run each month
- Everything in Sustainer tier
- Monthly Zoom coffee hour with the team
- Quarterly townhall (direct voice on upcoming projects)
- WhatsApp group. Direct connection with team.
- Priority voice on investigation requests
A one-time gift of any size funds the work directly. Tax-deductible in USD through Fractured Atlas, or in crypto through Artizen.
Twelve people became monthly supporters before this model proved itself. They are our Founding Supporters — permanently credited as the people who backed community-maintained media when it was an idea and a spreadsheet. Every supporter who joins while we are still short of the $1,000/mo goal joins this cohort. When we hit the goal, the founding roll closes and stays on this page for good.
Founding roll · 12 members · names published as each supporter opts in
$1,000 a month in sustained community support will make this sustainable. This covers the tools, infrastructure, and payment systems we need to do this work at scale—and builds a model where public-interest media is funded by the public it serves, not by personal sacrifice.
Why are you asking for support?
I am bootstrapping this work right now. Community support lets me focus on it fully and scale the team. We are not asking for forever. We are asking for the time it takes to establish We Them Media as a platform and release what we have documented.
What happens when you hit the funding goals?
At $2,500/month we operate at full capacity. At $5,000/month we scale further: more investigations, more community projects funded, more people reached. Every milestone is a specific unlock, not a vibe.
Can I contribute one time instead of monthly?
Yes. You can give one-time donations via Fractured Atlas. Monthly supporters get direct community access and voice in what we investigate, so we lead with monthly, but one-time works.
I am interested but not ready to contribute yet. Can I follow along?
Join the Discord. We post updates, share research, and build community there. No financial commitment required. Join the Discord.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes, if you give via Fractured Atlas. We are a fiscally sponsored project through Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3).
Let's build this together.
We are not asking you to believe in a dream. We are asking you to join a movement that is already happening. To join a team. To help us connect the dots.
Your support funds the work. Your voice shapes what we investigate. Your perspective gets represented in our processes.
Come get involved.
Fractured Atlas · USD, tax-deductible, funds day-to-day operations now.
Artizen · crypto, funds future #QueryTheWorld projects.