Arts, Culture & Humanities
Montana Free Press
HELENA, MT
Total revenue
$2.2M
Total expenses
$1.9M
Net assets
$1.2M
Grants received
$4.1M
109 grants
EIN
475237719
Tax year
2024
Mission
Montana free press is an independent, nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom thatprovides high quality, in-depth and data-informed news, information, and analysis toall free of charge.we believe that public service journalism has the capacity to catalyze positivesocial change because we believe free access to information is the tinder to igniteaction. We envision a future for our state with equitable access to clean air and ahealthy environment, high-quality education, affordable homes, sustainable economicgrowth, and above all, access to nonpartisan information that allows montanans to beengaged citizens. We dont tell our readers how to think; rather, we provide them with nonpartisan facts and analysis to form their own opinions and actions.we hold those in power accountable while striving to move montanas needle toward ajust and equitable democracy. In a sea of advertising revenue-driven newsrooms, mtfpis an innovative leader in the news industry, committed to operating under a nonprof
Programs
1 program
Program: audienceone of mtfp's key goals is to produce accountability and public service journalism that fills the information needs of montanans, especially in areas where they are underserved by local news. In order to meet the information needs of montanans, we must prioritize dissemination of our free content. We have expertise in data-visualization journalism and audio journalism - our audience says they want it and aren't finding it elsewhere - and continue to explore and implement new methods of delivering news that meet montanans wherever they are, and however they might access our work, whether online, on mobile, or via custom-built news apps and newsletters, social media, brodcast, or live events.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
8 listed
JOHN ADAMS
Executive Dir.
$97K
40 hrs/wk
MARK HUBER
Treasurer
—
1 hrs/wk
HEATHER DIETRICK
Director
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1 hrs/wk
ANNE AVIS
Director
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1 hrs/wk
SUSAN FOX
Director
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1 hrs/wk
SKYLAR BROWNING
President
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1 hrs/wk
ALEXIS BONOGOFSKY
Secretary
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1 hrs/wk
TRESA SMITH
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Grants received
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