Philly-based DocumentCloud, makers of a document-hosting and annotating tool for reporters, announced Monday its merger with Cambridge, Mass.-based MuckRock, creators of a tool to file and track public records requests.

Both journalism-focused 501 (c)3 nonprofits have been working together since January, though for the time being they will each retain their own name and branding. The goal of the merger is to provide both entities with a path towards joint financial sustainability, DocumentCloud founder Aron Pilhofer told Technical.ly.

“Both organizations got recent infusions of support through grants and fundraising,” Pilhofer said. “That in part is why we’re doing this now, when both organizations have maximum runway and flexibility and not when either organization is in a state of desperation.”

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