Foundations Growth Capitalize on the Driehaus Foundation investment and Illinois Answers Project expansion to pitch multi-year funding partnerships, sponsored investigative programs, and impact reporting services that align with funders’ accountability goals.

Donor Engagement With the existing marketing stack (MailChimp for WordPress, GTM, Search Console), propose a modern donor CRM and marketing automation upgrade to boost fundraising, donor retention, and grant applications for foundations and corporate sponsors.

Regional Growth As BGA expands to Rockford, Peoria, Springfield and Champaign, offer regional sponsorships, co-branded content partnerships, training events, and scalable digital publishing packages to attract local funders and advertisers.

Data & Tech Support investigative journalism operations with enhanced data tooling, secure collaboration, hosting optimization, and reporting dashboards; offer technology licensing, managed services, and sponsored data journalism projects to increase newsroom capacity and sponsor value.

Public Sector Position BGA as a partner for transparency and reform initiatives by offering policy impact tracking, public engagement campaigns, and training programs for government officials and civic groups, creating opportunities for government and NGO clients to subscribe to services.