Welcome back, Newsroom Partner.
Each year, your support helps us cover more local meetings, train emerging reporters, and tell stories that strengthen our community.
We’ve made this page to keep renewals quick and easy — no paperwork, no back-and-forth, just a few simple steps to confirm your partnership for the year ahead.
Choose from one of the 3 options below.
Renew Online Now
Skip the contract — renew in one easy step.
✅ Fill out a form confirming your partnership level, payment preference, and contact details.
✅ We’ll handle the invoice and recognition automatically.
✅ You’ll receive a confirmation email within 24 hours.
Schedule a Call
Let’s chat about it.
Need to adjust your level, offer feedback, or discuss a new opportunity? Let’s connect — no pressure, just a conversation that we’re happy to have. Coffee on us. ☕
💡 A quick note about tax status:
Source Media Properties is a for-profit newsroom. If your organization needs a charitable donation option, we partner with The GroundTruth Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to make that possible.
• Most businesses: Renew directly (counts as a marketing or sponsorship expense)
• Foundations, grants, or donation accounts: Renew through our fiscal sponsor form
Either way, your support fuels trusted local journalism in north central Ohio!
Renew through our Fiscal Sponsor
Commit your support through our fiscal sponsor: The GroundTruth Project, Inc.
What You Have Made Possible
Because of your partnership, local journalism continued to thrive in north central Ohio this year:
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Reliable local journalism helps build a growing, united community — not one that feels directionless or divided.
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We cut through rumors and misinformation with context and care.
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We hold local leaders accountable by reporting on key decisions and public dollars.
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Local stories spark relationships between people and organizations who care about this place.
FAQ
How will my money be used as a Newsroom Partner?
100% of NRP funding goes directly to helping cover the salary and benefits of our newsroom staff.
Why do you need funding if you sell advertising and require membership for
unlimited access?
The 2-legged subscription/advertising model of journalism funding is defunct. We will continue to
invest in providing quality advertising solutions as well as a great member experience to grow those
revenue streams. The financial reality though is that quality journalism is expensive to sustain. So
we need to add more legs to our stool to ensure we are able to continue providing essential local
journalism to the community for decades to come.
How can you ask for money as a for-profit organization?
We are for-profit in tax status only. Our mission is not to make it rich. It’s to make our impact
sustainable. Though we are not legally a non-profit we do our best to follow the fiscal responsibility
expectations of nonprofit news organizations through transparency with our funders as well as
restricting NRP funding to newsroom personnel expenses.
We also have a fiscal sponsor relationship with The GroundTruth Project Inc., providing NRPs a pathway to
donate via a non-profit organization to support our work. To learn more about our fiscal sponsor
partnership, please contact us directly or see the third option above.
Who can I talk to if I have questions?
If you need to speak with someone directly, please reach out to our Head of Community Investment, Leah Gesouras at leah@richlandsource.com or 419-631-1119.