With support from the Colorado Media Project, 30 Colorado newsrooms aim to raise over $1 million to support local news this holiday season.
How #newsCOneeds helped Colorado newsrooms raise $700K+ in Dec. 2021
The 2022 #newsCOneeds cohort of participating news organizations included small, locally-owned rural and urban newspapers, local public radio stations, statewide digital outlets, nonprofit newsrooms, a public benefit corporation, a big city alt-weekly, a one-person startup, and more. In the end, the effort raised more than $700,000 for newsrooms across Colorado.
How #newsCOneeds helped Colorado newsrooms raise $578K+ in Dec. 2020
Participating news organizations included small, locally-owned rural and urban newspapers, local public radio stations, statewide digital outlets, nonprofit newsrooms, a public benefit corporation, a big city alt-weekly, a one-person startup, and more. In the end, the effort raised more than $578,000 for newsrooms across Colorado.
Meet the 2020 #newsCOneeds Matching Challenge Grantees
Matching Grant Opportunity: Join the 2019 Colorado #GivingNewsDay Challenge
The Colorado Media Project (CMP) is offering matching gifts of up to $5,000 per Colorado newsroom to help inspire more individuals to support homegrown, local Colorado news. In partnership with the national NewsMatch campaign, the CMP also will offer technical support and marketing toolkits for participating Colorado newsrooms.
The Year-End Giving Challenge: Grant Opportunity
Is your public service news outlet planning to do a year-end giving campaign? The Colorado Media Project is offering matching gifts of up to $1,500 per organization for new memberships or individual donations made on “Giving News Day” — a new, nationwide campaign to increase philanthropic giving to media outlets on November 27, 2018 (a.k.a. Giving Tuesday). LOIs due November 1.