When we talk about what makes a community strong, we often start with the issues closest to home: homelessness, affordable housing, education, healthcare, the environment, social justice, the cost of living, or simply making sure our local government is accountable and transparent.
But here’s the truth we sometimes forget:
No matter which of these issues you care about most, you can’t make meaningful progress without strong, trustworthy local news.
Local news is the connective tissue that holds a community together. It ensures that people know what’s happening, why it matters, and how they can help. It amplifies the work of local nonprofits, informs voters and residents, sheds light on solutions, and creates the shared understanding every thriving community depends on.
Local News Helps Every Nonprofit — Whether You Realize It or Not
Every day, local nonprofit leaders in New Hampshire rely on local journalism to share critical information about community resources, to increase visibility for programs and solutions, and to ensure that residents understand the challenges their neighbors face. Local news sparks the conversations that drive philanthropy and civic engagement. It holds systems accountable so nonprofits aren’t fighting uphill battles in the dark. And it builds the trust that makes community action possible.
When local news shrinks or disappears, communities lose far more than headlines — they lose the very infrastructure that makes problem-solving possible.
A Healthy Community Requires a Healthy Local News and Information System
New Hampshire is strongest when all of us have access to clear, reliable, community-centered reporting. News that explains complex issues. News that shines a light on what’s working. News that keeps a spotlight on the challenges we face — and the people working every day to address them.
That’s why the New Hampshire Community News Fund, powered by the local news partners of the Granite State News Collaborative, exists: to strengthen the entire ecosystem of local information so every resident, nonprofit, student, policymaker, and neighbor has what they need to make informed decisions.
What Your Support Makes Possible
Your Giving Tuesday contribution helps fund reporting on issues that impact all of us — housing, health, education, the cost of living, the environment, and more. It supports the people who bring you this information: local journalists, emerging reporters, and community correspondents. It strengthens more than 20 participating news outlets across the state by helping them share high-quality stories with one another so trusted information reaches every corner of New Hampshire. And it fuels community listening sessions, outreach, and public-information projects that make sure residents can easily access the information they need.
And here’s the best part: your Giving Tuesday gift will be doubled.
We’re Participating in NewsMatch
From now through Dec. 31, every dollar donated is matched through NewsMatch, a national effort supporting local news across the country. That means your gift — whether it’s $10 or $1,000 — goes twice as far in creating informed, connected, thriving communities in New Hampshire.
Give to One Outlet, Several, or All of Them
You choose how your impact is felt. You can support a single partner newsroom you rely on, or several that keep your region informed, or give to all participating outlets by making a donation to the New Hampshire Community News Fund — strengthening the full statewide news ecosystem with one gift.
This Giving Tuesday, Invest in the Information That Helps Your Community Solve Problems
Every issue you care about — every challenge we face as a state — depends on people having access to clear, trustworthy information. Local news is not separate from the causes we champion; it is the foundation that allows those causes to succeed.
This Giving Tuesday, we hope you’ll consider supporting the New Hampshire Community News Fund — because when local news is strong, communities are strong. Together, we can make sure New Hampshire remains informed, connected, and thriving.
Make Your Gift Today
Your donation will be matched — doubling your impact.
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Thank you for supporting the local news partners who help keep New Hampshire informed and empowered.