The Fountain

What The Fountain does

Fountain Magazine is a privately held, independent bimonthly publication founded in 1993 that produces editorial content exploring the intersection of science, faith, and culture. Each of the six issues published annually contains roughly 12–17 articles organized into three thematic sections—Science (Science Square, Environment, Health & Medicine), Belief (Religion, Sufism, Spirituality, Questions & Answers), and Humanities (Culture & Society, Education, History, Literature & Languages)—contributed primarily by external writers via an open submission portal hosted on subfolios.com. The publication has produced 170 issues spanning 1993 through March–April 2026, all archived and accessible to subscribers.

The publication operates without advertising and sells two recurring subscription tiers directly to individual consumers through fountainmagazine.com: a Print & Digital bundle at $36 per year (with an additional $9 per year international postage surcharge for print delivery) and a Digital-Only tier at $25 per year. Subscribers receive full access to the 170-issue archive across web and mobile devices, with secure checkout and print fulfillment handled by Paramus Publishing. The company has no disclosed parent entity, no funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no partnerships beyond the publisher-fulfillment and submission-platform relationships.

There are no disclosed integrations, APIs, proprietary technology platforms, AI/ML capabilities, mobile applications, or patents supporting the publishing workflow; production appears to rely on standard publishing tools. Marketing is conducted through the website, an email newsletter, and an organic presence on Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. No headcount, revenue, or financial figures are disclosed in any source material.

Name

The Fountain

Legal name

Fountain Magazine

Website

https://fountainmagazine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fountain Magazine is an independent, ad-free bimonthly publication founded in 1993 that delivers print and digital subscriptions on science, faith, and culture to individual readers worldwide through direct-to-consumer sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Clifton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Print & Digital Subscriptions: Annual subscription revenue from printed magazines delivered to subscribers plus full digital access across all devices.
2. Digital-Only Subscriptions: Annual subscription revenue from digital-only access without printed magazine.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Fountain is a bi-monthly journal covering the intersection of science, faith, and culture, published continuously since 1993 with 170 issues to date. It sells direct-to-consumer annual subscriptions in two tiers: a Print & Digital bundle ($36/year, plus $9 international postage) and a Digital Only subscription ($25/year), providing subscribers ad-free access to current issues and a 33+ year archive across all devices.

Product overview

The Fountain is a single bi-monthly print and digital magazine publication focused on the intersection of science, faith, and culture. The publication offers two subscription tiers: a Print & Digital bundle ($36/year) that includes home delivery of printed issues plus full digital access across all devices with ad-free reading and archive privileges, and a Digital Only subscription ($25/year) for standalone online access. Each issue contains approximately 12-17 articles spanning topics in Science (Science Square, Environment, Health & Medicine), Belief (Religion, Sufism, Spirituality, Questions & Answers), and Humanities (Culture & Society, Education, History, Literature & Languages). The magazine has been published continuously since 1993, with a total archive of 170 issues available to subscribers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fountain Magazine Print & Digital Subscription Bi-monthly journal of science, faith, and culture published since 1993, offering printed magazine delivery to subscribers' doorsteps along with full digital access on all devices at $36/year ($9 additional international postage).
• Fountain Magazine Digital Only Subscription Digital-only subscription providing access to read The Fountain magazine anywhere, anytime on all devices without the printed edition, at $25/year.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Atlantic: A major magazine covering culture, science, politics, and ideas. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the thoughtful long-form magazine space, overlapping with Fountain's science-and-culture focus at significantly larger scale.
• The New Yorker: A major weekly magazine of culture, science, and ideas. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering thoughtful, ad-light, design-forward long-form journalism that overlaps with Fountain's editorial ambitions at much larger scale.
• Harper's Magazine: A monthly magazine of literature, politics, and culture. Comparable as a broader incumbent with a similar ad-light, essay-driven editorial model serving intellectually engaged readers.

Direct peers

• Philosophy Now: A bimonthly magazine of popular philosophy. Overlaps with Fountain's humanities and belief coverage and matches its subscription-based, thoughtful editorial model.
• The Believer: A literary and cultural magazine featuring essays, interviews, and reviews. Comparable as a subscription-driven literary/cultural publication with a similar thoughtful editorial positioning.
• Skeptic Magazine: A quarterly publication examining science, skepticism, and critical thinking. Comparable to Fountain as a niche subscription magazine addressing science-and-belief readers with scholarly essays.
• Orion Magazine: A bimonthly magazine exploring the relationship between people and nature, with thoughtful long-form essays at the intersection of culture, science, and environment — comparable to Fountain's blend of science, belief, and culture in a similar niche format.
• Tablet Magazine: A magazine of Jewish culture, ideas, and religion. Comparable as a subscription-based niche publication covering religion, culture, and ideas with thoughtful long-form essays.
• Parabola Magazine: A quarterly magazine covering mythology, spirituality, religion, and philosophy worldwide. Directly comparable as a subscription-based, ad-light publication serving readers seeking thoughtful content on belief and culture.
• Skeptical Inquirer: A bimonthly magazine focused on science, critical thinking, and pseudoscience skepticism. Comparable as a niche subscription publication serving intellectually curious readers interested in science-and-belief topics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fountainmag
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TheFountainMagazine
• Facebookfacebook.com/FountainMagazineCom
• Instagraminstagram.com/FountainMagazine
• Pinterestpinterest.com/fountainmag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-fountain-magazine

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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