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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Name: Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

3,863
grants reported: $2.33B
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $158,292
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

rcsg tvcsg pubint tvprg rprg ngws

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

National radio programming and distribution (PRI, NPR, APM)
National television programming (PBS, ITVS, WETA, independent producers)
Music licensing and rights fees for the system (BMI, SoundExchange)
Formula community service grants to rural and tribal stations
Five minority producer consortia: Latino, Asian American, Black, Native, Pacific Islander
Journalism and station capacity support (PMJA, StoryCorps, Native Public Media)

Typical grant

Median grant is $158,292, with the middle half between $28,295 and $480,794. The very large checks go to a short list of national distributors and producers (PRI at $47M, NPR at $39M, PBS at $19M, BMI at $7.7M), while the small end is formulaic and identical across dozens of stations: $44,600 under PUBINT and $45,230 under RCSG. Giving repeats year over year to the same licensees, and many recipients appear in two or three program codes in the same year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“TVPRG”
“RPRG”
“OSS”
“PUBINT”
“RCSG”
“TVCSG”

Positioning adjacent work

Partner with a licensee station or ITVS rather than seeking direct support; nearly all money flows to system entities.
For content work, connect to a TVPRG or RPRG line and budget in the $700K to $1.5M range.
Diverse-audience content should route through the five consortia (Latino Public Broadcasting, CAAM, Black Public Media, Vision Maker, PIC).
Infrastructure, research, or training pitches fit the OSS pattern; recent OSS checks ran $75K to $1M.

Worth knowing: This is a federally appropriated entity, and most dollars move by statute and formula, not competitive selection: three organizations (PRI, NPR, PBS) took over $100M in the 2025 records alone, and hundreds of stations received identical amounts. Alaska ranks third in grant count because of small rural and tribal community service grants, so geographic spread reflects station licensing, not a stated rural priority.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Public Broadcasting Service17 grants · $325.9M
National Public Radio13 grants · $72.5M
Wgbh17 grants · $69.5M
Weta24 grants · $65.0M
Independent Television Service8 grants · $60.6M
Wnet17 grants · $50.1M
Public Radio International1 grant · $47.0M
Kqed14 grants · $29.6M
Ascap General3 grants · $23.2M
Independent Television Service2 grants · $19.7M

Giving over time

$461.4M

2021

$494.1M

2022

$562.6M

2023

$640.7M

2024

$175.8M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,863 grants.

$94.1M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2024
Pubint
$47.0M
Public Radio International · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Pubint
$39.0M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
Pubint
$34.4M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2023
Tvprg
$32.5M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2024
Tvprg
$29.0M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2022
Tvprg
$26.6M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2021
Tvprg
$20.3M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2023
Pubint
$19.2M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2025
Tvprg
$17.5M
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tvprg
$17.5M
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Tvprg
$17.3M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
Tvprg
$16.6M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2022
Rtl
$16.3M
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Tvprg
$16.1M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2023
Rtl
$15.8M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2021
Rtl
$15.2M
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Tvprg
$14.0M
Ascap General · New York, NY · 2024
Oss
$12.5M
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
Tvprg
$11.9M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Pubint
$10.7M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2023
Tvprg
$10.3M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
Tvcsg
$10.3M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2024
Tvcsg
$9.5M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Tvcsg
$9.5M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Tvcsg
$8.6M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
Tvcsg
$8.3M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
Tvcsg
$8.1M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
Tvprg
$8.0M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
Tvcsg
$7.9M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2022
Tvcsg
$7.8M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2021
Tvcsg
$7.7M
Broadcast Music · New York, NY · 2025
Oss
$7.5M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2023
Tvcsg
$7.5M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2022
Tvprg
$7.1M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2021
Tvprg
$7.0M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2021
Tvcsg
$6.9M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
Tvcsg
$6.7M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Pubint
$6.3M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2023
Oss
$6.0M
McGee Media Llc · Katonah, NY · 2025
Tvprg
$6.0M
McGee Media · Katonah, NY · 2024
Tvprg
$5.8M
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Oss
$5.7M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2022
Pubint
$5.6M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Rprg
$5.2M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tvcsg
$5.1M
Ksjn · St Paul, MN · 2023
Rcsg
$5.1M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Tvcsg
$5.0M
Sesame Workshop Gpo · New York, NY · 2024
Tvprg
$4.8M
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
Tvcsg
$4.7M
Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2024
Rtl
$4.7M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Tvcsg
$4.7M
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
Tvprg
$4.7M
Wpbt · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
Tvcsg
$4.7M
Ascap General One Lincoln Plaza · New York, NY · 2023
Oss
$4.6M
Ascap General · New York, NY · 2022
Oss
$4.6M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Tvcsg
$4.6M
Ascap General · New York, NY · 2021
Oss
$4.5M
Ktca · St Paul, MN · 2024
Tvcsg
$4.4M
Independent Television Service · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Tvprg
$4.4M
Wnet · New York, NY · 2024
Tvprg
$4.3M
Kuen · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Tvcsg
$4.2M
Ktca · St Paul, MN · 2023
Tvcsg
$4.2M
Kentucky Network · Lexington, KY · 2024
Tvcsg
$4.1M
Kentucky Network · Lexington, KY · 2023
Tvcsg
$4.1M
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
Tvcsg
$4.1M
Kuen · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Tvcsg
$4.0M
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2025
Tvprg
$3.9M
Wpbt · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.9M
Georgia Public Broadcasting · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.9M
Ktca · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.9M
Georgia Public Broadcasting · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Kentucky Network · Lexington, KY · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Maryland Network · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Education Development Center · New York, NY · 2022
Rtl
$3.8M
Ktca · St Paul, MN · 2021
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Kcet · Burbank, CA · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Kuen · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Oregon Network · Portland, OR · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.8M
Kentucky Network · Lexington, KY · 2021
Tvcsg
$3.7M
Kcet · Burbank, CA · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.7M
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2021
Tvcsg
$3.7M
Kcet · Burbank, CA · 2021
Tvcsg
$3.6M
Broadcast Music · New York, NY · 2024
Oss
$3.6M
Broadcast Music · New York, NY · 2023
Oss
$3.6M
Broadcast Music · New York, NY · 2022
Oss
$3.6M
Broadcast Music · New York, NY · 2021
Oss
$3.6M
Iowa Pbs · Johnston, IA · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Maryland Network · Owings Mills, MD · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Kcts · Seattle, WA · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Iowa Pbs · Johnston, IA · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Kcet · Burbank, CA · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.5M
Kcts · Seattle, WA · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.4M
Ksjn · St Paul, MN · 2024
Rcsg
$3.4M
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Tvcsg
$3.4M
Oregon Network · Portland, OR · 2022
Tvcsg
$3.3M
Oregon Network · Portland, OR · 2023
Tvcsg
$3.2M
Maryland Network · Owings Mills, MD · 2022
Tvcsg

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.