How We’re Funded
Our funding policies reflect our awareness that increasing trust in the news requires transparency.
We are a nonprofit news service, funded by individuals and organizations through monthly gifts, grants and sponsorships.
Our funding comes from:
- major gifts
- grants
- sponsorships
- reader donations
Funding Policies:
We follow the Institute of Nonprofit News best practices for ethical and transparent funding policies in order to safeguard the independence of our news and increase trust with our community.
- We do not accept charitable donations from anonymous sources.
- We do not accept donations that would present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.
- We only accept donations from local elected officials of no more than $120/year – an amount no larger the value of a typical monthly newspaper subscription.
- We publicly document all donations of more than $5,000 a year.
Donations Over $5,000 in 2024:
These grants were given for general operating expenses and include no requirements or expectations for the content of Shasta Scout’s news. We do not take funds which might affect our editorial decisions.
Indiegraf Media: $45,000
Press Forward: $60,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $60,000
Shasta Scout is a project of the North State Community Journalism Project, a California nonprofit. We receive donations through the Institute of Nonprofit News.
