Most people enjoy four seasons in a year, but here at the PRT we have a fifth season we like to call ‘gratitude season,’ which runs from mid-October to April. During this time, in addition to our day jobs—working on the print issue, the website and the e-newsletter—we are busy conducting our fall fundraiser. In 2023, we were able to raise $76,350, which covers 47% of our expenses.
This month we will again be reaching out to our audience during our online spring fundraiser, hoping to reach our 2024 operating budget goal of $181,275. We need your help. If you haven’t already, sign up for our e-newsletter, and look for our appeals in your inbox. With your help, we’ll be able to continue bringing you the news you have come to depend on.
It is also grant writing season, and we have been hard at work identifying and completing grant applications. So far this year we have been awarded grants from the Local News Initiative at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, The Patagonia Regional Community Fund at the Arizona Community foundation, the Legacy Foundation for Southern Arizona, the Burton Family Foundation, NewsMatch and Loud Hound Foundation.
This outpouring of support affirms the value and importance of local news, and our community’s trust in us to deliver reliable, vital information and stories.
