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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 5h

The 2025 INN Index Report is here 📊

The data shows a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local and more collaborative than ever.

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The 2025 INN Index

The 2025 INN Index reveals a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local, and steadily more collaborative.

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Alana Rocha @viaalana.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🌾🚨 Nine newsrooms in @inn.org's Rural News Network just wrapped Sowing Resilience, a cross-country reporting series, in partnership with @apnews.com.

The series tackles hunger in rural America, connecting local reporting to a national crisis. 🧵

#ruralhunger #ruralnews #nonprofitnews

Sowing Resilience

Sowing Resilience features 9 stories on how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.

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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 6d

KOSU's @annapope.bsky.social reported on tribal food programs as part of this collaboration.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 6d

With food insecurity rising, Kentucky continues to aggressively investigate individuals on fraud allegations, with some legal experts claiming they rely too much on faulty evidence.

From @lpm.org: www.lpm.org/news/2025-09...

Kentucky has kicked people off of food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full story

With food insecurity rising, Kentucky continues to aggressively investigate individuals on fraud allegations, with some legal experts claiming they rely too much on faulty evidence.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 6d

Tribal nations in Oklahoma have historically been leaders in getting food to hungry people — both native and non-native. But uncertainty created by federal funding changes is causing concern for leaders of the Osage Nation and other tribes.

From @kosuradio.bsky.social: www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...

How one tribal nation in Oklahoma is combating uncertainty in federal support for food

Tribal nations in Oklahoma have historically been leaders in getting food to hungry people — both native and non-native. But uncertainty created by federal funding changes is causing concern for leade...

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 9d

At Neighbor’s Cupboard, the food pantry in Winterport, Maine, funding cuts aren’t the biggest challenge. It’s keeping volunteers, especially as they get older.

From @themainemonitor.org: themainemonitor.org/food-pantrie...

Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage

At Neighbor’s Cupboard in Winterport, funding cuts aren’t the biggest challenge. It's keeping volunteers, especially as they get older.

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Tiny News Collective @tinynewscollective.bsky.social · 9d

💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 9d

In the rural Mississippi Delta, residents face some of the highest rates of food insecurity in the state. But two women are feeding their rural communities — from grocery stores to food distribution services.

From @capitalb.bsky.social: capitalbnews.org/black-women-...

The Black Women Driving a Food Revolution in Rural Mississippi

From grocery stores to food distribution services, Black women are leading efforts to feed their communities.

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Investigate Midwest @investigatemidwest.bsky.social · 14d

This story is one of nine in the series, “Sowing Resilience” — powered by Rural News Network and the Institute for Nonprofit News — to reveal how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry. @inn.org
investigatemidwest.org/2025/09/24/t...

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 12d

We are partnering with @inn.org, and other outlets, to bring a series about what #foodinsecurity looks like in rural areas and how they are responding to rising costs and aid cuts. @elaineagrant.bsky.social's story on a #foodpantry in rural #Maine will be available to read on our website Sunday.

New RNN collaboration examines food insecurity in rural communities - INN News

Sowing Resilience, INN's Rural News Network's latest collaboration, depicts what food insecurity looks like in U.S. rural communities.

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The Communications Network @comnetwork.org · 10d

ComNet25 Denver attendees will learn from the real-world experiences of their colleagues from organizations including @inn.org:

- How NewsMatch Helped @themainemonitor.org Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding

@shareneazimi.bsky.social

#Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Comms4Good

ComNet Denver Showcase Poster featuring Sharene Azimi and Erica Evans from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). Session: “How NewsMatch Helped Maine Monitor Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding.”

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 10d

This World News Day (#WND2025), we celebrate the impact of 500 independent news organizations that put people first, delivering fact-based journalism where it’s needed most.

Together, we can ensure that truth and accountability thrive in every community.

#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 12d

We are concerned that the U.S. government's reopening of his 13 year-old immigration case and refusal to release him on bond sends a chilling message to all journalists and anyone who documents law enforcement activity.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 12d

We at the Institute for Nonprofit News support the release of Emmy-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who has been detained for more than 100 days for livestreaming law enforcement.

#FreeMario

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#FreeMario – Livestreaming is not a crime.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 12d

Axtell Community Grocery in Kansas serves as a crucial — and increasingly rare — link in the rural food chain, and community buy-in is key to its sustainability.

Can grocery stores keep rural Kansas communities vibrant?

From @thebeacon.bsky.social: thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Can grocery stores keep rural Kansas communities vibrant?

Amid expanding food deserts and soaring prices, investments in rural Kansas are keeping small grocery stores afloat.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 14d

In the rural communities that have made the U.S. a global food power, residents are increasingly finding it difficult to access enough food for themselves.

From @investigatemidwest.bsky.social: investigatemidwest.org/2025/09/24/t...

These rural communities feed the world. They’re also going hungry. - Investigate Midwest

Over the last four decades, America’s agricultural output has nearly doubled, as the production of livestock and crops has not only fed the nation but also fueled growing food demand in Asia and South...

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 15d

Many Minnesotans already live miles from the nearest grocery store. What happens if it closes?

From @minnpost.bsky.social: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

What happens when the rural Minnesota grocery store closes?

Small-town grocery store owners feel a strong sense of responsibility to their communities, but the threat of closure often looms.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 15d

A program that brought fresh, local produce to schools in North Carolina is gone, and rural districts are scrambling to fill the gap.

From @enlacelatinonc.bsky.social: enlacelatinonc.org/north-caroli...

North Carolina Students Face Reduced Access to Fresh, Local Meals Amid Federal Funding Cuts

Noticias en español sobre política, inmigración y asuntos comunitarios para los latinos en Carolina del Norte.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 15d

The bounty that the seas and network of small farms produce masks an omnipresent reality in Jefferson County — food insecurity.

From The Jefferson County Beacon:
www.jeffcobeacon.com/all-news/how...

How Our Most Vulnerable Are Being Pushed to the Brink— and Finding Nourishment and Connection — The Jefferson County Beacon

News by Scott France The bounty that the seas and network of small farms produce masks an omnipresent reality in Jefferson County — food insecurity.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 15d

Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity.

A new collaboration from INN's Rural News Network, Sowing Resilience — publishing this month — reveals how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry.

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Sowing Resilience

Sowing Resilience features 9 stories on how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 26d

🎉 Big congrats to the INN members awarded new funding from Press Forward Chicago!

These grants will strengthen local news, expand immigration reporting, and help build more sustainable outlets.

Press Forward Chicago Awards $1.5 Million in New Local Media Grants - The Chicago Community Trust

CHICAGO (September 10, 2025) – Today, Press Forward Chicago, a funder collaborative dedicated to strengthening and sustaining local news, announces more than $1.5 million in grants…

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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 27d

we won an award! Subscribe to our newsletter so you can follow all of our ~ community-centered ~ work: capitalbnews.org/newsletters/

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 26d

We are so honored to be have received not one, not two, but THREE awards for best journalism from @inn.org!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆 #INNYs2025

Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 27d

That’s a wrap on the #INNYs2025! The 2025 INNYs were sponsored by Google News Initiative and Insperity.

Read more about the winners: news.inn.org/community-at...

Community at the center of the 2025 Nonprofit News Awards - INN News

Winners of the fifth annual Nonprofit News Awards (INNYs) exposed corruption, inequality and injustice — and centered communities in their work.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 27d

This year’s INN Service to Nonprofit News Award goes to Laura Frank, the executive director of The Colorado News Collaborative. Frank is also co-founder and chair emerita of the Institute for Nonprofit News.

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