TURNAGAIN NEWS AGAIN QUALIFIES FOR NEWSMATCH GRANT PROGRAM

Matching Grant Period to Begin November 1

By Brooks Chandler

TNews Board of Directors

TNews was approved on Oct. 14 to participate in the 2025 NewsMatch challenge program.  

TNews  qualified as a NewsMatch “rural partner”.  The first three thousand dollars ofIndividual donations made to TNews this November and December will be matched two for one.  When total donations exceed $3,000 the NewsMatch “match” will be one for one until the total of individual donations reaches $12,000. .  

The NewsMatch challenge program is funded by a coalition of national philanthropists in support of local nonprofit news.

This support has been critical in enabling TNews to build the initial capacity to deliver information to Turnagain Arm communities.  

In hopes of expanding this capacity to include paid freelance reporters to supplement volunteer contributors, the TNews board has set a fundraising goal of $15,000 for 2025.      

The campaign to meet the NewsMatch challenge will begin Nov. 1.  

To contribute, go to https://square.link/u/4aQ9heEj which is our Square account. You may get an error message after the donation as your receipt goes to your email address instead to ensure donation receipts are received. Alternatively, You can send a check to Turnagain News Inc. at P.O. Box 38, Girdwood, AK 99587.