Development
Outdated lighting equipment leads to $2M WXXI donation
The donation tops off a five-year capital campaign that surpassed a $17 million goal.WNET tests strategy to keep regular viewers watching, and donating, during pledge
The New York station has abandoned traditional on-air campaigns for regularly scheduled pledging four times weekly.Generation Listen aims to bring millennials into the NPR family
As an audience engagement initiative, Generation Listen is trying to build community by having younger people bring their friends to the table.Media central to philanthropic strategies, report says
Between 2009 and 2013, U.S. funders gave more than $5.5 billion in media grants to more than 10,000 organizations, the report said. ...WGBH partners with mobile app to connect with supporters
LetsAllDoGood aims to help WGBH reach core givers.Serving mission, seeking profits through public benefit corporations
RadioPublic joins a cadre of startups choosing the new hybrid structure.CARS to offer philanthropic screening of vehicle donors
Public broadcasting clients can opt into the screening service at no cost.Honolulu Civil Beat moves to become a nonprofit
The website filed for nonprofit status with the IRS June 1 and can begin operating as a nonprofit immediately.With help from friends, WYEP exceeds fundraising goal
Through June, the station is using social media to encourage listeners to give by posting a video of themselves singing the Beatles ...Media Impact Funders receives its largest grant ever
A two-year, $500,000 matching grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies supports an expansion of MIF's programming and services for foundations that invest in ...Stations try different approaches with food bank partnerships
Food-bank partnerships have been successful for many public stations, but experts say they can have mixed results.CUNY students brainstorm ways for public media to build membership
Rather than starting by looking at pubmedia’s content, the students were told to determine the community’s needs by listening to the audience. ...Foundation’s gift will boost global network of female journalists
The Global Press Institute received $1.25 million from the MacArthur Foundation, its largest grant in its 10-year history.Who’s taking your donation when you call in a pledge?
Our next Currently Curious story will look into the workings of call centers.Crowdfunding campaign nets TV station $20K for web series on climate change
Station Manager Paul Hunton says the crowdfunding campaign tapped into a formula that can be scaled to size.
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