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For the eighth year in a row, the Rochester Beacon will participate in NewsMatch, the nation’s largest annual fundraising campaign for nonprofit news. The campaign starts Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 31.
Launched in 2017, NewsMatch pools gifts from national funders to match small-dollar donations by individuals to participating organizations, all of which have operating budgets below $1 million. To date, the campaign has helped nonprofit newsrooms raise more than $477 million, bringing in nearly 600,000 new donors.
NewsMatch this year will match, dollar for dollar, up to $1,000 per donor, with a cap of $15,000 per participating nonprofit news organization.
Starting Saturday, Nov. 1, you can make a NewsMatch donation to the Rochester Beacon online by going to the donation page.
To be eligible for NewsMatch, donations must be made by individuals—personally, or through a business they own, a family foundation or donor-advised fund. They also must be made during the campaign period, Nov. 1 through Dec. 31.
Since its start, the NewsMatch collaborative fund has been held at the Miami Foundation and has been supported by roughly 40 national and regional funders. The foundation oversees the fiscal administration of NewsMatch funds. The campaign is managed by the Institute for Nonprofit News, a nationwide network of more than 500 independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organizations.
“Every gift from a reader is a vote of confidence in the kind of journalism Rochester deserves,” says Alex Zapesochny, publisher of the Rochester Beacon. “During NewsMatch, that vote counts twice, helping us dig deeper into the stories that shape our region.”
“Without the NewsMatch matching-gift campaign, we would not be able to provide high-quality, nonprofit local journalism that everyone can access for free,” Executive Editor Paul Ericson says.
“Our goal for donations from individual contributors this year is $30,000,” he adds, “and we believe our generous supporters will help us reach it.”
All NewsMatch participants are 501(c)(3) organizations or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3), follow best practices in financial transparency, and publish original, high-quality reporting that is investigative or public service by nature. In addition, all are full members of INN.
The Beacon welcomes comments and letters from readers who adhere to our comment policy including use of their full, real name. See “Leave a Reply” below to discuss on this post. Comments of a general nature may be submitted to the Letters page by emailing [email protected].