Civic News Company
For General Operating Support
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/27/2020
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Chalkbeat is the nonprofit news organization covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a high-quality education. Chalkbeat works to improve and deepen engagement with communities throughout the U.S. and to share learnings about how best to engage low-income and underserved families in conversations about education. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
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 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.
