The Latest on ELi’s Matching Campaign, Including Some Personal Notes

It’s official: East Lansing Info has now reached one-third of its sustainability goal for 2019! We have now raised $27,245 (including matching dollars) towards our goal of $80,000.

Fantastic! Want to help? Donate right now.

Here are just some of the messages we’ve received from donors who have participated and have had their contribution to ELi doubled by NewsMatch:

• “Thanks for the excellent reporting on a variety of relevant topics, and for the summer internships for students.”
• “Perfect source of information about all matters concerning East Lansing.”
• “We need to commit to sustaining this great resource for our community.”
• “Wish [my donation] could be more. First-time donor to anything other than (more typical) humanitarian cause or political campaign.”
• “Thanks goes to you and the team for all the awesome work you do. Transparency in government is really important to me and the recent behavior of certain members of the council and the city's administration have many of us feeling anxious, confused, and concerned.”
• “Thank you for all you and your team at ELi do. It’s wonderful!”
• “[Supporting ELi] is my pleasure and I appreciate what you do. The most recent story about the struggle to secure info from the council members, staff and contract staff is troubling.”
• “I contributed another $50 after your report about What Does ELi face under the Current City Administration? Keep up the good work!”
• “Without the information you provide, there is no way an uninvolved citizen can know what is going on in the city politically.”

Remember that now through December 31, we are benefitting from NewsMatch, a national matching grant campaign for nonprofit news organizations accepted to the program. NewsMatch is making a huge difference for us this year.

As a reminder, every individual donation up to $1,000 will be doubled during NewsMatch! Every new monthly support pledge earns us a match equal to the annual contribution!

Donations are tax deductible, because ELi is a recognized 501c3 nonprofit organization.

Want to help, or help some more? It’s easy! Just jump over to our NewsMatch page and hit the “donate” button.

If you want to become a monthly supporter and have your total annual contribution matched for us, just go to our NewsMatch page, hit the “donate” button, and then choose the option that says “Make this a recurring gift.”

If you prefer to donate to ELi by check, automatic bank payments, PayPal, or Patreon, just click here for your options. Know that ALL of these means of giving will be matched by NewsMatch!

You can also click here to read answers to common reader questions about NewsMatch.

Thank you! This progress is really exciting to the ELi team!