TNC offers a broad slate of services and supports to meet founders where they are in their journey of building their organizations.
The goal of our tiers system is to make our services as affordable and accessible as possible. Please note that we may change the services and their prices at any time.
Our Slack Community is an active space for updates about member services, fiscal sponsorship and technology from TNC staff. It’s also an engaged space for founders to amplify their efforts, learn about opportunities outside of TNC for training, funding and resources. Founders discuss different aspects of founding and running their organizations, and new channels can pop up to facilitate focused conversations on topics, such as revenue and audience research.
We host a monthly collective call sharing news and updates from TNC and making space for TNC members to ask questions, suggest potential services or support needs as well as sharing wins and needs from their own organizations. All TNC staff, members and board members are invited to join the conversation.
We facilitate a monthly founders-only call where founders can connect and support one another with the challenges, strategies and approaches they are trying in their organizations.
We host regular training workshops and roundtable discussions with featured speakers from a variety of news startups, support organizations, foundations and consultancies.
TNC maintains and updates an extensive library of resources, documentation, training materials and directories to support local journalism entrepreneurship. Whether it’s a training on how to create a compelling donation page, a directory of the known journalism funders that have funded newsrooms in different parts of the country or a rundown of the best toolkits on building a membership program, the portal provides ample resources for founders to use when they need them.
Fiscal sponsorship is one of our core services for members, offering the opportunity to accept donations that are eligible to be tax deductible, grants and large gifts. TNC is a Model C sponsor. Members are eligible for a discounted rate for this service at 3.5% of all grants and donations received. This fee is well below market rate.
Through our partnership with Ghost, TNC supports members with launching Ghost Pro websites at the Ghost Creator tier. Our team can help with the setup and launch of the site and advise on how to make the most of Ghost features and functionality. TNC also maintains and supports a custom Ghost theme with features and designs based on journalism best practices and product strategy.
As a partner with Lawyers for Reporters, members can access legal guidance on issues such as incorporation, trademark, pre-publication review, libel and other First Amendment considerations.
Members at the Publishing Tier level are eligible to receive additional support from TNC staff members. That could include the following:
TNC engages with consultants in different areas of expertise on a regular basis. As part of those engagements, we are able to offer consulting appointments with those consultants as availability arises. TNC chooses consultants based on the needs of members and provides regular opportunities for providing suggestions and feedback on the kinds of topics where members need the most support. Typically, in any given year, TNC has provided access to consultants on these topics:
Members at the Publisher Tier are able to get free access to Canva’s premium visual features, including Canva Pro and Canva for Teams for up to 50 users. Canva Pro typically costs $120 per year, per person.
Publisher Tier members have access to:
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