On Wednesday, Hoptown Chronicle joined more than 350 nonprofit newsrooms across the country that kicked off their annual NewsMatch campaigns.
The effort is supported by a coalition of national and regional funders leveraging a $6.3 million investment to attract donations to nonprofit news organizations across the United States, thereby building local support for the essential news and information that communities need.
From now until December 31, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12 times OR double your one-time gift, up to $1,000 per person. If Hoptown Chronicle raises $13,000, NewsMatch will bring our total up to $26,000. Every dollar we raise will go toward bringing you journalism you can’t get anywhere else and will help keep Hoptown Chronicle going strong. Our goal for this year’s campaign is $20,000 (or $33,000 including matches).
Matching grants provide a powerful incentive to give; during the last two months of 2022, news organizations participating in NewsMatch brought in $43 million in local support from area businesses, civic-minded philanthropists, and individual donors — about 10 times the amount of matching funds provided by NewsMatch. (If you’re a local business or organization interested in how you can get involved, email us at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
What began in 2016 as a project solely supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation quickly expanded the following year with the support of Democracy Fund and the Inasmuch Foundation and has since grown to engage a core group of more than 16 funders dedicated to building a new model of public service journalism across the country. This year’s program funders include Heising-Simons Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, along with hundreds of local and issue-oriented funders that have stepped up to directly support news organizations during the year-end NewsMatch campaign.
This year marks Hoptown Chronicle’s fourth NewsMatch campaign. It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year and every dollar we raise goes toward bringing you journalism you can’t get anywhere else and helps keep Hoptown Chronicle going strong.
Over the past several years, NewsMatch has helped power the growth of the INN Network, an alliance of nonprofit newsrooms that includes Hoptown Chronicle. These mission-driven nonprofit news organizations often take the lead in holding government officials accountable, a vital role as the traditional newspaper industry continues to shrink.
“What’s at stake is American democracy,” said Sue Cross, executive director & CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News, which manages NewsMatch. “More than 2,500 newspapers have closed in the past two decades, and mis- and disinformation has flooded many communities. Nonprofit news outlets are providing trusted information to help people build their communities and connect with each other, and hold the powerful to account.”
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ABOUT NEWSMATCH
NewsMatch is a fiscally sponsored project of The Miami Foundation, managed by the Institute for Nonprofit News with training support from News Revenue Hub. 2023 NewsMatch supporters and anticipated supporters include Democracy Fund, Heising-Simons Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Independence Public Media Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Kaphan Foundation, Maida Lynn, The Schwab Charitable Fund, made possible by the generosity of the Present Progressive Fund, Vere Initiatives, Walton Family Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation. In-kind support is provided by The New York Times.
