Friend,

Thanks to people like you, we’re building serious momentum around our fight to save public media from the Trump administration’s attacks. However, ensuring we have the resources to sustain this fight for the long haul depends on support from grassroots donors.

That’s why a generous donor is MATCHING every new monthly gift through the end of the year — but only if you start this gift by Feb. 28. Will you consider becoming a Free Press Connector with a monthly gift of $15 or more? We’ll include a “Defend Public Media” sticker as a way of saying thanks.

You can read Brenda’s original email below explaining why your monthly gift would make such a big impact on our work.

Thank you so much,

All of us at Free Press

Friend,

A few weeks ago, you took action with us to stop Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s brazen attack on public media. First and foremost, I want you to know that we deeply appreciate your actions and the outpouring of donations we’ve received for this campaign. We refuse to back down from this fight.

In fact, that’s why I’m reaching out to you today. Free Press never takes a cent from business, government or political parties — and while we’re so proud of that fact and value the independence it gives us, it means we must rely on ongoing support from folks like you to keep this work going.

And I’ll be honest with you — it’s incredibly challenging to navigate the monthly ups and downs we experience in revenue to support our policy work, our legal battles and our advocacy work. That’s why I wanted to ask: Would you consider starting a monthly gift to Free Press as a Connector today?

Sustained revenue we can count on every month would make all the difference right now and allow us to do everything we can to save and protect public media. Plus, I’ve got three great reasons for you to jump in and become a Free Press “Connector”:

• A generous donor will MATCH every monthly donation of any amount, dollar for dollar, every single month through the end of 2025.
• A monthly donation of $15 or more will get you a limited-edition “Save Public Media” sticker.
• We set an ambitious goal to secure 50 new Connectors who give monthly in the next 8 days. With the match, that would provide us with $2,250 a month in sustaining revenue that we know we could count on and plan for. (And when you multiply that by just 11 months, well, that regular revenue is literally game-changing for us.)

I hope we can welcome you as a Free Press Connector by the end of the month. I appreciate you considering joining us.

Thank you in advance for your support,

Brenda and the rest of the Free Press team

P.S. With more than 10,000 Free Press supporters taking action this month to save public media, it’s clear: There’s serious momentum behind us. With your monthly support right now, we can do even more to protect public media and free speech. Become a Connector with a monthly gift of $15 or more that a generous donor will match through the end of the year — AND we’ll send you a “Defend Public Media” sticker.