SDM is an independent foundation committed to free media and a strong democracy under the rule of law. We grew out of the foundation behind Het Parool, the resistance newspaper set up during the Second World War. Our core values are courage, engagement, and independence. On this page, you can read more about SDM.

SDM receives no subsidies and no dividends. Our work is funded by the returns on our own assets, built up over more than eighty years. We exclude sectors such as arms and tobacco from our investments. You can read more about our funding on this page.

SDM is a minority shareholder (14.27 percent) in DPG Media Nederland on a not-for-profit basis. This means we do not receive any dividends. However, we do monitor editorial independence and pluralism internally. Thanks to our priority share, no national news outlet (de Volkskrant, Trouw, Algemeen Dagblad, RTL Nieuws, and NU.nl) can be sold without our consent. On this page , you can read more about our shareholding.

In 2014, SDM invested in De Correspondent to encourage journalistic innovation. Our priority share safeguards editorial independence, the ad-free character, and protects against profit maximisation. On this page, you can read more about our shareholding.

No, not since 2025. On this page, you will find more information about our current programmes.

Every year on 5 February, we commemorate the staff of Het Parool who were executed or murdered during the occupation, or who ended up in a concentration camp or prison. On this page, you can read more about the 5 February commemoration.

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In our view, the most important issue of our time is this: Will we still have an independent and diverse media landscape in ten or twenty years? Many Dutch people are concerned about this. Through *Het Grote Mediadebat*, we’re already bringing this conversation to a broad audience. Through Instagram, we want to reach people we wouldn’t otherwise be able to reach. Our decision to use a Meta platform was a deliberate choice. Precisely because so many people get their news from there, we want to have this conversation there as well.

Want to know more about why we’re on Instagram? Read the frequently asked questions about Instagram.