Democracies work best with diverse and representative, abundant, high-quality, trusted, useful and free-flowing information.

Civic Media for the Common Good

now kalamazoo

NowKalamazoo is a journalism laboratory. We are reimagining what “news” is and does, as the area’s fastest-growing independent civic media venture.

diversifying media

Kalamazoo County needs more journalists, and it needs a fresh perspective on which stories get told by whom. The Foundation supports independent media creators.

civic engagement

Information inequity is an impediment to democratic participation — and ultimately an obstacle to liberty, justice and self-determination.

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KALAMAZOO