MONTANA FREE PRESS
EIN 47-5237719 · Printing & Publishing (A33)
What they do
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
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 34 W 6TH AVE STE 2B, HELENA, MT 59601-5075
- County
- Lewis and Clark
- In care of
- JOHN ADAMS