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Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee win $100M MacArthur grant
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The nonprofits partnered to win a five-year grant to educate children displaced by conflict in the Middle East.
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Key decision ahead: How to improve Passport experience for viewers, stations
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Passport supporters argue that its performance to date has demonstrated its impact, while critics caution that it’s too early to know how the system will retain this new class of donors.
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News Match kicks off with $3 million for nonprofit newsrooms
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The Democracy Fund, the Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation are collaborating to match contributions to nonprofit news organizations through the end of the year.
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NPR wine club includes broadcaster-inspired offerings
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NPR boasts that its wines are “selected by a team of globetrotting experts, who taste over 40,000 wines a year and choose less than two percent” for the club.
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With new app, a startup wants to make donating to public radio easy
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iWinQ’s developers hope to make inroads among listeners who don’t donate — a large share of public radio’s audience.
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WNET finds benefits in curtailing campaign-style pledge drives
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The New York public TV station charted growth in viewership and membership revenues after confining on-air fundraising to dedicated time slots.
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CARS acquires rival vehicle-donation service
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San Diego–based Charitable Adult Rides and Services acquired the Center for Car Donations in July.
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National Geographic to expand grantmaking to reach more minorities
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National Geographic President Gary Knell noted a lack of diversity in race and experience among grantees and said the organization is addressing the problem.
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Development leaders say capital campaigns require commitment from executives, community
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“You immediately become hyper-aware of how good, or not good, your relationships with people are.”
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PMDMC features honors for departing CEO, awards for stations and leaders
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Conference attendees bid farewell to outgoing Greater Public CEO Doug Eichten.
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Stations improve digital fundraising but still face challenges
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Public broadcasters must adopt a “culture of testing” and tackle mobile.
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NPR takes another stab at fundraising with stations
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After years of attempts that fizzled, NPR is reviving efforts to collaborate with member stations on major-gift fundraising.
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Greater Public relaunches tool to help stations with online fundraising
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Greater Public is updating its Online Revenue Detector with questions about mobile fundraising.
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North Country Public Radio launches fundraiser for investigative reporting
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The station hopes to raise $50,000 in listener support for its “Daylight Reporting Fund.”
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ACLU fundraiser looks to public media for guidance
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Organizers sought input from public media consultants on best methods for encouraging mobile giving and fundraising on television.
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WGBH finds authenticity, strong visuals boost response to Facebook Live fundraising
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WGBH tested the platform in June and December 2016 by bringing viewers behind the scenes with live pledge segments of up to 30 minutes.
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PBS test of social media fundraising raises little but teaches lessons
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The pilot explored whether a social fundraising platform could enhance pledge by providing a new stream for “microtransactions.”
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Stations shape fundraising pleas amid funding threat, potential auction windfalls
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Public television’s spring fundraising rolled out in a heated high-stakes environment for clearly communicating a case for support.
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First Look Media and Democracy Fund to provide $12M for investigative journalism
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Grantees include the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica.
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What’s a major gift in public media? Depends on who you ask
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At most stations, individuals who contribute at least $1,000 cumulatively over a year are considered major donors. But outside of public media, major gifts involve much larger donations.