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Background. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a non-profit corporation created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 7 of that year. It was created to provide partial federal funding for public broadcasting, initially collaborating with National Educational ...
Open Grants and RFPs. CPB provides funding for the development of public media television, radio, and digital content as well as multiplatform projects that reflect public media’s mission to educate, inform and inspire the American public by providing stories through diverse perspectives, genres, styles and technologies.
Detailed FY 2024/2026 Request $383.81 Million Public Television Station and Programming Grants $127.94 Million Public Radio Station and Programming Grants $34.50 Million System Support (or “Six Percent”) Funds $28.75 Million CPB Operations CPB distributes its appropriation in accordance with a statutory formula outlined in the Public Broadcasting Act.
Sec. 396. [47 U.S.C. 396] Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (a) Congressional declaration of policy— The Congress hereby finds and declares that—. (1) it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of public radio and television broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional, educational, and ...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,500 locally managed and operated public television and radio stations nationwide.
A Board of Directors governs CPB, sets policy, and establishes funding priorities. CPB is the only public media organization whose board members are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A full board term runs for six years, with the President nominating members for vacancies. The Board, in turn, appoints the president and the chief executive officer ...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps ...
