About

Undertold makes interactive visual stories about how charities and nonprofit organizations actually work — the machines, the mechanisms, the math. Instead of telling you an organization matters, we put you at the controls and let you judge for yourself.

How we make money

This site is supported by display advertising. That is our only revenue source. We do not accept payment, sponsorship, or compensation of any kind from the organizations we cover, and being featured cannot be bought. Donation links in our stories go directly to each charity's own website; we receive nothing from donations.

Editorial standards

Every statistic in our stories is drawn from cited sources — the organization's own published reports, reputable press, or peer-reviewed research — listed at the end of each story with the date accessed. Our simulations are clearly labeled as illustrative simplifications. Where an organization's approach has credible critics, we say so; we are skeptical friends of these causes, not press officers.

About the imagery

Illustrations on this site are AI-generated in a consistent house style and are labeled as artistic interpretations, never presented as documentary photography. Photographs, where used, are individually credited.

Who runs this

Undertold is an independent publishing project. You can reach us via the contact page.