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Become a Maine Monitor Member

By becoming a member of The Maine Monitor, you ensure our reporters keep digging, analyzing, and reporting for you. 

To bring you their investigative reports, our reporters work on stories for weeks, sometimes months. 

Member support helps us deliberately plan for this in-depth journalism and bring you the news you deserve throughout the year.

A graphic detailing the membership tiers offered by The Maine Monitor for donors to its newsroom. Monitor Members, which are those donating up to $249 per year, receive recognition on the newsroom's website, official newsroom sticker and advanced invitations to Maine Monitor programs. Those donating at least $20 per month or at least $250 per year are known as public interest members and receive aforementioned benefits plus access to the editor's report newsletter with the month's most important highlights. Fearless members are those donating at least $40 per month or at least $500 per year and receive the aforementioned benefits plus quarterly members-only event with newsroom staff and a newsroom t-shirt. Truthseeker members donate at least $85 per month or $1,000 per year and receive the aforementioned plus access to exclusive events.

Monitor Giving Circles

Circle members provide sustainable support with three-year commitments to fund our newsroom. Members receive all of the Truthseeker benefits.

Advocate Circle: $1,000/year for three years
Defender Circle: $2,500/year for three years
Leader Circle: $5,000/year for three years
Publisher Circle: $10,000/year for three years

Planned Giving

Would you like to give the gift of independent news for Maine in a lasting way? To find out how you can include The Maine Monitor in your estate planning, please contact development officer Amelia Metcalfe at ameliam@themainemonitor.org.

Ways to Give

By mail: You can mail a check to The Maine Monitor to P.O. Box 284 Hallowell, ME 04347.

Charitable Fund: To contribute through a charitable fund, please use Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting (EIN 27-2623867).

Gift of Stocks: Email development officer Amelia Metcalfe at ameliam@themainemonitor.org to learn about how you can support The Maine Monitor with a gift of stocks or bonds.

Events

At The Maine Monitor, we want to engage with you — our readers and supporters — in events that deepen the discussion around the issues explored in our reporting.

Check out our schedule of upcoming events and feel free to reach out to us with additional event opportunities for our newsroom!