{"id":68077,"date":"2020-05-12T02:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/?page_id=68077"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:56:28","slug":"donate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/donate\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate to Montana Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-support-independent-public-powered-news\">Support Independent, Public-Powered News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montana Free Press is an innovative, nonpartisan, public-powered news organization dedicated to delivering the information needs of all Montanans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-first-col-to-second is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<a href=\"#XQGLSVUP\" style=\"display: none\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>MTFP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that provides independent journalism on local and statewide issues.&nbsp;We won\u2019t tell you how to think. 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