Become a Sustaining Funder

Consider becoming a Sustaining Funder and contribute $5-100 monthly to the IMC to help defray rent and other operating expenses. Donate your pocket change once a month! Becoming a Sustaining Funder also means that you don't have to worry about renewing your membership, as all Sustaining funders are also Members of the UCIMC.

Become a Member of the IMC

The UCIMC membership is the UCIMC. Although some people are able to volunteer more time than others, every member is equally important when it comes to deciding the direction for Indymedia in Urbana-Champaign. visit the the membership page or IMC for details. Or click on a membership level below and start your membership today.

Donate any amount to any program of the Urbana-Champaign IMC through PayPal.

Support WRFU, 104.5FM -- Radio Free Urbana

Donate to WRFU!
More information on WRFU available online at www.radiofreeurbana.org

Donate to the Capital Campaign

Help the UCIMC build its foundations and buy a new home by giving money to our Capital Campaign. Our goal is to raise funding to support construction at the new IMC Media and Arts Center and we are well on our way. Since opening in 2000, the Urbana-Champaign IMC has launched numerous projects and grown into a thriving community and media production center. In its short existence the Urbana-Champaign IMC has:

• Built an interactive, open-publishing, news website viewed by thousands of people daily.
• Produced a weekly radio news show that plays on WEFT 90.1 FM as well as being rebroadcast on several other stations.
• Published an ad-free, community supported, monthly newspaper, The Public i, that has grown from a 4000 copy, 8-page paper to a 16-page resource with a print run of 5000.
• Began broadcasting a bi-weekly cable show on Urbana Public TV (as well as hosts regular video screening of independently produced movies).
• Programmed and set up a community wireless network that is helping to close the digital divide by making the Internet available to local residents for free.
• Collected thousands of books, zines, videos, and other media, as part of our resource library.
• Hosted an arts gallery that features the work of local artists and traveling exhibitions
• Been a community center for meetings, small gatherings, events, etc. -- a place where local organizations, projects, and initiatives can meet.
• Become the fiscal sponsor for the entire Global Indymedia Network as well as numerous individual IMCs and (Indy)media projects.

The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center is a federally recognized non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization (EIN: 37-1403593). All donations made to the UCIMC are deductible as allowed by law.

The UCIMC's Mission

The Independent Media Center is a grassroots organization committed to using media production and distribution as a tool for promoting social and economic justice. The IMC is not owned or funded by corporate sponsors and advertisers and we are in need of your support to sustain our efforts.

Mailing Address

If you'd like to make an anonymous or one-time contribution to the IMC, you can send snail-mail donations to:

Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
ATTN: Treasurer
202 South Broadway Ave.
Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61803

We also would love donations of audio or video recording equipment, computers, cameras, etc.

Thank you for you support!

Founding Funders

During our first year of operation, the following people pledged their financial support and helped make the IMC the media and community nexus it is today. We very much thank them for their support.

Amy Aidman
Pauline Bartolone
Arun Bhalla
Brandon Bowersox
Michael Brun
Michael D. Brunelle
Jim Buell
Danielle Chynoweth
Bob Cook
Bethany Cooper
Maiko Covington
Bryan Cribbs
Cope Cumpston
Nancy Dietrich
Mark Enslin
Belden Fields
Joe Futrelle
Sigfried Gold
Michael Hamman
James Hutchinson
James Jacobs
Dave Johnson
Sarah Kanouse
Ellen Knutson
Kim Kranich
Mike Lehman
Daniel Lewart
Walter Matherly
Brent McDonald
Kate McDowell
Sascha Meinrath
Peter Miller
Zachary Miller
Susan Parenti
Anand Pillay
Paul Riismandel
Russ Rybicki
Carin Sychterz
Jeffrey Sychterz
Bill Wendling
Dave Young
Paul Young