# Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation

The mission of the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation is to promote and support excellent, sustainable community journalism in the Coachella Valley. A free and vibrant press is one of the cornerstones of democracy.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation
- **Legal name:** COACHELLA VALLEY JOURNALISM FOUNDATION
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 85-2800545
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Palm Springs, California
- **Primary cause:** Education
- **IRS classification:** NTEE A30 — Arts & Culture
- **Cause confirmed by:** organization's own category selection on its CV Giving Day profile ('Education')
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://www.cvjf.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Support-Journalism

## About Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation

The mission of the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation is to promote and support excellent, sustainable community journalism in the Coachella Valley. A free and vibrant press is one of the cornerstones of democracy. Local news outlets inform the public, hold elected officials accountable and provide a forum for civic debate.
The business model of local news enterprises — newspapers, local TV broadcasters, and community radio stations — has been disrupted by technology and battered by economic downturns, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation identifies needs in the local journalism ecosystem and seeks out grants and donations from individuals and foundations to fulfill those needs.
Our first major project in 2021 was raising funds to underwrite the hiring of an opinion editor at The Desert Sun. Without our action, the opinion section of the newspaper faced the prospect of elimination — no more letters to the editor, Valley Voice columns, opinions from the editorial board or candidate endorsements. Because of our successful fund-raising drive, a new opinion editor. Since then, more than 500 letters to the editor and Valley Voice columns that might otherwise never have been published made it into the pages of The Desert Sun and onto the desertsun.com website, enlivening community debate around various topics. According to data from The Desert Sun, online readership of opinion content was up 34% over the previous year thanks in part to a renewed focus on local issues and local voices.
Next, we secured a grant of more than $10,000 to underwrite internships in local newsrooms.
Currently, we are raising money to sustain the opinion editor position and the local opinion section at The Desert Sun into the future. Without your help, the role will be eliminated and a vibrant forum for civic and civil debate will be shuttered. We also hope to extend our ability to offer assistance to more news outlets in the Coachella Valley.
We are an all-volunteer organization and all donations go to support local media outlets. The CVJF is a 501 (c) 3 organization. You can visit our site at www.cvjf.org for more information.

## Record

- **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/coachella-valley-journalism-foundation/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)