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Started in 2007 as a blog by its two founders, our start-up was incubated by Public Interest Projects, which served as our fiscal sponsor until 2014. InsideClimate News is now a non-profit incorporated in the state of New York and a 501 C3 tax exempt organization operating with IRS approval as a public charity. It is governed by a Board of Directors and guided by best practices of non-profit management.
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