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COVID-19 Local News Fund – ‘Major Donors’ program – Payment information form

Frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 Local News Fund program

by Lindsey Estes April 7, 2020

Who is eligible to participate in this program? Do you have to be a member of Local Media Association? This program is open to any independent and/or family-owned local news organization in the United States that meets program qualifications. You do not have to be a member of Local Media Association to participate! How […]

$500K in donations, 6,000 supporters and 200 publishers: COVID-19 Local News Fund growing fast

by Emilie Lutostanski April 23, 2020

By Matt DeRienzo • LMA Consultant and Emilie Lutostanski • Director, Local News Resource Center The COVID-19 Local News Fund launched its fundraising program for independent and family-owned nonprofits in late March, evolving over the past four weeks to partner with nearly 200 local media organizations that have raised $500,000 from 6,000 donors — and they’re just getting […]

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Personal text outreach accelerates giving to Houston Defender in COVID-19 Local News Fund

by Emilie Lutostanski April 21, 2020

By Emilie Lutostanski • Director, Local News Resource Center On Easter weekend this year, hundreds of individuals heard from Sonny Messiah Jiles, CEO and publisher of the Houston Defender, which publishes community news in print and online. The text messages she sent were simple and personal, and drew attention to the Defender’s COVID-19 Local News […]

State-by-state list of participants in the COVID-19 Local News Fund program

The COVID-19 Local News Fund is a program administered by the Local Media Foundation (LMF), a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the Local Media Association. The purpose of the program is to increase coverage of COVID-19 issues in local communities. Through the fund, independent and family-owned news organizations can accept tax-deductible community donations to support and increase their coverage of […]

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Engaging fundraising: How The Examiner garnered $30,000 in donations via COVID-19 Local News Fund

by Emilie Lutostanski April 14, 2020October 14, 2021

Examiner Media, serving Westchester and Putnam counties in New York, was among the first news organizations to join the COVID-19 Local News Fund program, established by Local Media Foundation. In the first 10 days, Examiner Media crowdsourced more than $15,000 through engaging tactics and saturation of the key message: local journalism is incredibly valuable. Ultimately […]

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$48,000 in a week: COVID-19 Local News Fund success stories, donor feedback and tips from partners

by Emilie Lutostanski April 7, 2020

By Matt DeRienzo, LMA Consultant | April 8, 2020 Through participation in the COVID-19 Local News Fund program, independent and family-owned publishers are connecting with community donors who are eager to support local reporting in an unprecedented time. Since its launch less than two weeks ago, collective contributions to the COVID-19 Local News Fund now […]

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Foundation funding firsts: How this Rhode Island publisher secured a $10,000 match in the COVID-19 Local News Fund

by Emilie Lutostanski April 28, 2020

By Emilie Lutostanski • Director, Local News Resource Center East Bay Media Group saw early success with the COVID-19 Local News Fund program. In about two weeks the family-owned publisher has raised $43,000 to support its seven local newspapers in Rhode Island, including its first donation ever from a local community foundation. “When we started we had a […]

2021 Local News Fund office hour takeaways

Thank you for joining our office hours. If you were unable to attend, see what you missed below! November 16 Takeaways Recording available here. Passcode: aN!5DGu$ Using Texts to make personal appeals Text-to-Donate is a perfect way to engage donors and create a seamless giving process that can be done from their favorite device. Givebutter […]

Fiscal Sponsorship Organizations

Givebutter ‘story’ examples Please note: These examples are rewritten from actual Givebutter campaigns (publication names and locations removed), including the COVID-19 Local News Fund. They are provided here just to give an idea of tone and ways to accurately describe your fundraising campaign when addressing your community. We strongly suggest that you write your own […]