Minnesota Public Radio Fundraising Campaign Nearer To $75 Million Goal

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MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO's "Inspired By You" campaign, launched in 2015 to raise $75 million by 2020, has raised $63.4 million thus far, the company announced TODAY (2/28).  The campaign has already spent over $15 million on new projects at MPR and AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA, including digital initiatives, expansion of MPR NEWS, MARKETPLACE, CLASSICAL MPR, and Triple A THE CURRENT, and the children's podcast "BRAINS ON!"   Lead gifts thus far include a $10 million anonymous donation and 20 gifts of over $1 million including from the KNIGHT FOUNDATION and THE SAINT PAUL and MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS.

“Change has been a constant in our first 50 years and it continues to drive our innovation in the digital age,” said President/CEO JON MCTAGGART. “Our commitment to being an essential service for our changing audiences and communities compels us to make significant transformational investments, now, so we can serve more people in more ways. We’re making investments in three areas -- people with new talents, new programming, and new technology. This campaign is fueling the big changes that will ensure our future.”

“We are expanding CLASSICAL MPR for audiences who have listened for decades, and we’re investing in new services from THE CURRENT for audiences who are the youngest listeners in all of public radio,” added MCTAGGART. “We’re working with partners across the state to help make MINNESOTA a place where more musicians and artists want to live and make their living.”

The company recently launched the GLEN NELSON CENTER, an "innovation center," and a business incubator, and campaign gifts helped establish the APM RESEARCH LAB and ANALYST GROUP.

“Throughout our history, our listeners have believed in what we’re doing and have expressed their confidence in us through their generous and sustaining support,” said MCTAGGART. “Our audiences inspire us every day. So, as we look to the future, we’re inspired by all those who have helped build MPR into what it is, today, and by those who will help transform MPR’s essential public service for the next 50 years. That’s what this campaign is all about.”

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