Why Donate to FORJ?
FORJ has demonstrated that strategic infrastructure, shared services, and collaborative reporting can reverse decline and rebuild civic capacity. With flexible, multi‑year support, we can scale this progress statewide and accelerate the rise of a modern, independent, local news ecosystem.
For partners who believe that strong local journalism is essential to healthy communities, this is a pivotal moment—a rare chance to help build Oregon’s next civic information system while the window for meaningful impact remains open.
BY THE NUMBERS
$500,000+
We have deployed more than half a million directly into strengthening rural newsrooms, building workforce pipelines, and uniting the field.
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We have trained more than 70 high school students and are working toward launching Oregon's first community college-based journalism certificate in partnership with Central Oregon Community College.
50+
We have provided direct support and to more than 50 news organizations in Oregon through our Resource Center and annual conference.
WHAT YOUR DONATION SUPPORTS
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Support for publishers including technical assistance and business operations support
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Workforce pipelines that cultivate locally rooted journalists.
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Collaborative journalism labs and shared content platforms that expand statewide and regional reporting.
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Policy and philanthropic alignment that strengthens the field.
WAYS TO GIVE
Help ensure people in every Oregon community have access to trusted, independent local news. Your tax-deductible support strengthens the community‑rooted journalists who keep neighbors informed, connected, and able to shape their own futures.
Join our FORJ Together alliance of businesses committed to strong, informed communities. Your partnership supports the reliable local journalism that Oregon’s workforce and families rely on every day—strengthening community connection, resilience, and the conditions for a healthy economy.
Foundations
Join us in advancing a new, community-rooted model of local journalism at a moment when strategic investment can reshape the future of rural and small-town information access. Your support fuels regenerative growth, expands trusted reporting, and ensures every community has the information it needs to participate, hold power to account, and shape its own future.
Other Ways to Give:
If you wish to support a specific FORJ program or have any questions about ways to support FORJ, please contact FORJ Board President, Heidi Wright: hwright@forjournalism.org
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DONATE VIA CHECK
Make check payable to FORJ and mail to PO Box 1273 Bend, OR 97709.
FORJ is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, #86-2949512.
With gratitude to our supporters
Founding Donors
Blankfort Family Trust, Braemar Family Trust, Brooks Resources, Jay and Teresa Bowerman, Capozzi Family Fund, Central Oregon Health Council, Alayne Fardella, First Interstate Bank, Future Journalists of America™ parents, Hayden Homes, Jim Kelly, Lithia Foundation, MJ Murdock Foundation, Old Mill District, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon State Society, PacifiCorp Foundation, Roundhouse Foundation, Steve Forrester, and the Tykeson Family Charitable Trust
Contributors
Alan Anderson, Alyce Drescher, Aparna Mukherjee, Beth Frensilli, Carol Zancanella, Carolyn Tate, Cary Liebl, Craig Walker, Cynthia Hunt, Daisy Layman, David Sommers, Earthcruiser, First Interstate Bank, Francis Wick, Greg Hains, Gregory Fowler, Heidi Wright, Jacob Lewin, Jill Perry, Jim Pollack, Jody Rolnick, Julie Brown, Kenneth Engleman, Lillian Raff McCaulou, Lisa Heyamoto, J. Mark Garber, Martha Samco, Matt Davidson, Melanie Alkire, Molly Foerster, Mt. Bachelor Rotary, Pamela Broadman, Paul Steinle, Penelope Muse Abernathy, Phillip W Meyer, Regina Lawrence, Richard Alleger, Richard Coe, Richard Hughes, Rodger Nichols, Ron Fritz, Ron Paradis, Sherry Stringer, Susan Cooper, Susan Ferris, Susan Misner, Tim Seydel, and Torsten Kjellstrand