Dear Readers,
We’re proud that our news coverage spurred the city to stop demolition of Columbia Park Pool, helped put the brakes on the BottleDrop on Lombard Street, and helped convince Multnomah County to open an interim St. Johns Library. We’ve reported on things that no other media is covering.
But our eyes are open to this cold reality. More than 2,000 community newspapers, weeklies and dailies have closed across the country in the last 20 years. Twenty newspapers in Oregon have stopped publication during the same time. The old business model for newspapers is struggling, and we’re developing a new model that depends on readers like you.
That is why we are starting the North Peninsula Review Foundation. It is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to funding reporting, in-depth investigation and closely related activities such as photography and graphic design. It is a separate organization from the North Peninsula Review, LLC.
A contribution to the NPR Foundation will allow you to get a tax deduction and allow us to continue serving N/NE Portland with community news that matters. Monthly contributions are particularly helpful.
We’ve created the Friends of the North Peninsula Review separate from subscriptions for foundation supporters who help our scrappy news organization bring you more news. For ways to make a foundation contribution click here.
For an annual $100 or more, members receive benefits including our mid-month Peninsula Pulse-newsletter and invitations to local bistros to meet with our journalism team and community news makers. We are interested in your feedback and story ideas! Stay tuned for other benefits.
Foundation funds will be managed by fiscal sponsor, Oregon Public Information Partnership, whose mission is to help make independent community newspapers sustainable.
Sincerely,
NPR Editorial team
