NPR and 15 stations are developing a fundraising pilot “in a full spirit of co-creation.”
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WBEZ enters final stretch of $30M campaign to fund its journalism
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The Chicago station looks to meet its goal by raising another $7 million this year.
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Iowa Public Radio secures funds to develop innovation projects
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A new fund backed by an anonymous donor will allow IPR to “test and develop new ideas … that have the potential to make a big impact for our listeners.”
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New pledge drive spots from Ira Glass pitch listeners on $1-a-month memberships
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Glass hopes the low threshold for giving could get more listeners to become donors.
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NPR turns listener’s ‘NPR Blues’ into station promo material
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An NPR fan’s Tiny Desk Contest submission is available for use in station fundraisers this fall.
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CPB aids Greater Public initiative to help stations step up major-gift game
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Greater Public’s Major Giving Academy will launch this fall with 20 participants.
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Study for PBS calls on stations to embrace collaborations in managing Passport
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PBS commissioned a report to examine staffing needs and shifts for digital fundraising work required to support and improve Passport at stations.
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Capital campaign, spectrum sale fund new WOSU headquarters
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The open-space building incorporates classrooms, meeting centers and a media learning lab.
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Growth in sustainers helped stations hold on to more donors in FY2018
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But to continue growing income and increasing donor value, stations will have to get better at upgrading sustainers.
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‘Death, Sex & Money’ rewards new donors with opportunity to break a sweat
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“There’s something humbling and humiliating about a group exercise class,” said host Anna Sale. “We thought, let’s just get together and do something really fun as a ‘Death, Sex & Money’ community.”