How Pivot Fund grantees are building sustainability

Across the country, community-centered newsrooms are navigating a tough balancing act: staying rooted in the people they serve while trying to build revenue models that last. At The Pivot Fund, we’ve been checking in with our grantees — newsrooms led by and for communities long overlooked by traditional media — and asking: What’s working? What’s evolving? What’s still hard?

What we’ve learned is relevant far beyond our grantee circle. If you’re running an immigrant-centered outlet, a Black-led newsroom or a rural publication, you’re likely wrestling with the same questions: How do we grow revenue without compromising our mission? How do we turn cultural trust into financial support?

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