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Notes From Poland

Polish English-language, liberal-leaning independent nonprofit

Owned byPublished by the Notes from Poland Foundation (Fundacja Notes from Poland), a registered nonprofit foundation in Poland set up in November 2018. Founders Stanley Bill and Daniel Tilles run it. Tilles is editor-in-chief and Bill is editor-at-large.
FundingMostly reader donations (about 90% of funding, by the outlet's own account) plus grants, including some from U.S. sources. It has appealed to readers for emergency support, for example in April 2025. It does not rely on a paywall or a single owner.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Notes from Poland was founded in Kraków in 2014 by Stanley Bill, who directs the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, with Daniel Tilles as editor. It began as a small English-language outlet translating and summarizing Polish news for foreign readers and later became a fuller newsroom with original reporting, podcasts and live events. The Notes from Poland Foundation was registered as a nonprofit on 22 November 2018 and is now the publisher. The outlet says about 90% of its funding has come from individual donations, and it has also received major grants. It has repeatedly asked readers for money, including an urgent appeal in April 2025 warning that it needed support to continue. It covered the rule-of-law disputes and media pressure under the former Law and Justice (PiS) government, including a report that found the government was attacking independent media. Its coverage tends toward a pro-democracy, pro-EU, liberal outlook, though it also reports critically on the current Tusk government and the constitutional court conflict. Its focus is Poland, so U.S. politics appears mainly where it affects Poland, such as aid cuts and defense ties. I did not find evidence of a consistent editorial stance for or against the Trump administration. Details of the foundation's founding and funding come largely from the outlet's own pages, and I could not verify them independently.

Sources

  1. Notes from Poland Foundation
  2. About us - Notes from Poland
  3. An urgent appeal for support: one month to save Notes from Poland
  4. Polish government "attacking independent media", finds International Press Institute report
  5. Poland and UK sign Warsaw Defence Plan to "deter Russian threats"
  6. Notes from Poland - Tracxn company profile

Profile compiled 2026-10-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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