Oakland Report
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We are a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, and your donations are tax-deductible.
Donations are used to support investigative reporting, data analytics, publishing, and operations.
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Your monthly donation helps us plan and grow Oakland Report so we can continue to deliver the deep-dive, evidence-based reporting and analysis you won’t find anywhere else.
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Join as a Member at $8 per month to show your support for Oakland Report and receive:
Exclusive, deep-dive unbiased analysis and reporting on Oakland issues.
Invitations to free members-only social mixer events.
Receive members-only Oakland Beat newsletter with exclusive news and updates.
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Join as a Supporter at $20 per month to help sustain Oakland Report and receive:
All the benefits of the Member donation level.
Our best effort to answer your questions about Oakland news and issues.
Priority consideration to cover Oakland issues of importance to you, subject to our mission and editorial guidelines.
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Join as a Partner at $50 per month to help grow Oakland Report and receive:
All the benefits of the Supporter donation level.
Invitation to exclusive partners-only events and presentations.
Coffee with Oakland Report editorial board members.
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Join as a Benefactor at $100 per month to invest in Oakland Report and receive:
All the benefits of the Partner donation level.
Invitation to editorial board events and presentations.
Oakland Report is published by Citizens Oakland, a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Oakland, California.
Our mission is to provide reasoned, evidence-based, unbiased reporting and analysis on local government issues that affect people’s lives and the city we love.
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One-time donation. Your donation in any amount helps us continue to produce Oakland Report. One-time donations count toward the membership levels shown above.
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Organization name: Citizens Oakland
Federal tax ID number (EIN): 99-4577680
Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 315, Oakland CA 94612
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About us
Oakland Report is an experiment in a new form of media.
Our nonprofit mission is to provide reasoned, fact-based, well-sourced reporting and analysis on local government issues in Oakland, California and the surrounding region.
We achieve our mission through producing our truly independent, citizen-led media outlet, Oakland Report, focused on observable and verifiable evidence that is free from ideological media slant and implicit bias.
We seek integrity, accessibility, and quality in the articles we publish. We seek truth.
Our guiding principles:
Present the facts and evidence and let the readers judge for themselves.
Focus on what people and organizations do, not what they say.
Always remain open to examining and questioning our own biases.
We don’t expect everyone to agree with everything that we publish, but we do expect that our articles are grounded in verifiable evidence and logic so that all observations and conclusions may be rationally challenged.
We aim to sustain this experiment with no advertisements, “advertorials,” or sponsored content. This is to avoid the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise when needed financial support is tied to such interests.
We strongly believe in and support private enterprise and the essential role it plays in contributing to a thriving community for all. But our work requires independence in order to be successful. We seek to avoid the incentives other media outlets have to publish content that only tells influential people and organizations what they want to hear.
We rely on you, our readers and supporters, to financially support our work. Help us continue and grow Oakland Report by giving a tax-deductible donation today.