MinnPost is Making Some Extra Money and Helping Out Local Nonprofits at the Same Time

Posted Friday, January 12, 2018 2:00 pm

Joseph Lichterman | Lenfest Institute

The Minnesota-based nonprofit news site MinnPost has come up with a way to help out local nonprofit organizations and also generate additional revenue at the same time. When it has some extra ad inventory, MinnPost will sell it at a steep discount to small local nonprofits.

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MinnPost is Making Some Extra Money and Helping Out Local Nonprofits at the Same Time

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