Locally owned and non-profit newsrooms serving communities across Colorado are invited to apply to join the 2024 #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge, and apply for matching grant funding from CMP.
Donor Name: Colorado Media Project
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 10/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This year, CMP is making important and exciting changes to the #newsCOneeds matching grant program. Over the last six years, they have worked with over 50 local newsrooms to raise over $2.8 million dollars, and have made constant adaptations to the funding program based on newsroom feedback. As the fundraising capacity of Colorado’s local newsrooms has grown, they are recognizing the desire for a cohesive, state-wide campaign advocating for the importance of local news and supporting local fundraising initiatives, the value of connecting newsrooms to existing nonprofit fundraising infrastructure and audiences across the state, and the significant opportunity for growth in digital fundraising revenues for newsrooms.
To help Colorado news outlets increase public awareness and grassroots support from individuals for the vital public service that journalism provides to the communities, and to build philanthropic fundraising capacity and knowledge-sharing across Colorado’s public-service media ecosystem, via a state-wide fundraising campaign supported by the Colorado Gives Foundation’s fundraising platform.
This year’s #newsCOneeds campaign will be run through the Colorado Gives Foundation’s ColoradogGives.org fundraising platform. Fundraising through this platform will give local newsrooms access to:
- Support and training from Colorado Gives Foundation’s team of expert fundraisers and nonprofit trainers.
- Access to a best-in-class digital fundraising tools on a platform with a proven track record of serving nonprofits and communities across the state.
- A customizable organization profile or fundraising page for your newsroom that can be linked to the main #newsCOneeds campaign page and used by your newsroom in perpetuity for any other future fundraising activities.
- A standardized set of #newsCOneeds campaign materials, content, and collateral, as well as a customizable campaign roadmap, email and social media templates, and more.
Funding Information
Colorado Media Project will provide matching grants of up to $5,000-$10,000 per newsroom for new individual memberships, donations, subscriptions or contributions.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit or locally-owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms that are planning to execute a year-end philanthropic giving, membership, or subscription campaign are eligible to apply to participate in a 2024 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant program, to help inspire dollar-for-dollar matches from individuals during the 2024 #newsCOneeds campaign. Outlets must be actively publishing high-quality, non-advocacy, nonpartisan, public service journalism.
For more information, visit Colorado Media Project.
