This is #newsCOneeds

#newsCOneeds supports nonprofit or locally-owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms actively publishing high-quality, non-advocacy, nonpartisan, public service journalism that primarily serve communities in Colorado. All participating newsrooms are members of the Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcast Association, and/or Colorado News Collaborative.

Research shows that locally-owned for-profit newsrooms provide the same public service benefits to communities as non-profit newsrooms - and many locally owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms are in the process of changing both their business models and tax statuses to better reflect their role in proviuding vital public services and infrastructure. All participating for-profit newsrooms are fiscally sponsored by an eligible non-profit organization, and donations to participating newsrooms through the ColoradoGives.org platform are tax-deductible. 

Between December 3 (a.k.a. #GivingNewsDay) and December 31, 2024, each participating Colorado newsroom will receive up to $5,000 from the Colorado Media Project, in a dollar-for-dollar match. Individual donations to any participating newsroom of up to $1,000 made within the giving period and through Coloradogives.org are eligible to be matched. 

• Only online donations made via the ColoradoGives.org platform are eligible for the match. 
• Only donations made during the December 3 - December 31, 2024 giving period are eligible for the match. 
• Individual contributions larger than $1,000 will be matched up to the $1,000 limit. 
• Recurring donations can be scheduled monthly through ColoradoGives.org. Any recurring donation transactions processed during the giving period are eligible for the match. 

  
  

The Colorado Media Project is a nonpartisan philanthropic fund fiscally sponsored by the Rose Community Foundation. We fund, catalyze and advocate for a healthier local news and information ecosystem for all Coloradans. Since the summer of 2018, Colorado Media Project has served as a center of gravity for engaging a broad-based coalition of civic leaders, students, academics, philanthropists, journalists, business leaders, technologists, national thought leaders, and local residents in addressing, with urgency, the disturbing expansion of local news deserts and the negative impacts on Colorado and its residents. Since 2018, Colorado Media Project's funders have included Bohemian Foundation, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Democracy Fund, The Gates Family Foundation, The Gill Foundation, Innasmuch Foundation, Press Forward, and Rose Community Foundation.

You can learn more about our work to support your local news on our website.

Colorado Media Project's 2024 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant is made possible through unrestricted support from Bohemian Foundation, Democracy Fund, The Colorado Health Foundation, and The Gates Family Foundation. Colorado Media Project's fiscal sponsor, Rose Community Foundation, provides oversight and administration for the funds. The #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge Campaign is supported by Colorado Media Project and run on the ColoradoGives.org platform in partnership with Colorado Gives Foundation.

This year Colorado MediaProject made it's largest #newsCOneeds grant to date, awarding $175,000 in $5,000 matching grants to 35 newsrooms. But there are far more than 35 newsrooms providing vital news to Colorado's communities - and Colorado Media Project is not the only donor contributing matching funds to newsrooms' year-end giving campaigns anymore.

Through the ColoradoGives.org fundraising platform the campaign can now be open include all local newsrooms running year-end giving campaigns to better connect you with the #newsCOneeds!

Each newsroom's individual fundraising page will clearly articulate whether your donation will be matched, and who the donor of those matching funds is.