Civic News Company
For Design Of An Updated Operating Model And Fundraising Systems
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/12/2021
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
As Chalkbeat takes on expansion to new areas of reporting and new geographies for their education reporting, the organization is working with the firm Barker & Scott Consulting to support its planning. Specifically, Barker & Scott Consulting is working with Chalkbeat to upgrade its philanthropic revenue systems and to design an updated operating model for Chalkbeat. The project is scheduled to complete in late 2021.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.chalkbeat.org
Address
450 7th Avenue
32nd Floor, New York, NY, 10123-0101, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of Votebeat
This grant supports Votebeat, an project of the Civic News Company which is committed to reporting the nuanced truth about elections and voting at a time of crisis in America. Votebeat’s mission is to encourage voter participation and preserve the legitimacy of elections by providing truthful, objective journalism at the local level, where all elections are carried out and where the dearth of quality information is most acute.
for support of transition to a new content management system
This is an organizational effectiveness grant to help with Civic News Company's transition to a new content management system.
for support of Votebeat
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit covering education in communities across America. This grant supports one of their newsrooms, Votebeat, which is committed to reporting the nuanced truth about elections and voting at a time of crisis in America. Votebeat’s mission is to encourage voter participation and preserve the legitimacy of elections by providing truthful, objective journalism at the local level, where all elections are carried out and where the dearth of quality information is most acute.
