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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “broadcasting”
Where the money went
Anne Ray FoundationEden Prairie, MNCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $74.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS) — support for modernizing broadcast operations
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications AssociationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $550,925 · through 2024Largest: $38,000 to Georgia Public Broadcasting — station grants
Largest: $100,000 to KOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION — digital broadcast upgrades and studio improvements
Largest: $25,000 to NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION — support public broadcasting
Largest: $50,000 to NATIONAL ASS'N OF BROADCASTERS LEADERSHIP FDN — support for the emerson coleman fellowship, broadcast leadership training (blt) and media sales academy (msa) programs
Largest: $100,000 to PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — to support a new harrisburg bureau for pittsburgh community broadcasting
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $315,313 to SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — advised - for general operating support. advised - for general support. advised - for the maestro's circle annual fund. advised - in support of music education. advised - to be dis…
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $493,194 · through 2025Largest: $250,600 to MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION — arts and culture
Public Broadcasting ServiceArlington, VACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $730,050 · through 2024Largest: $400,860 to CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WEDH) — see part iv: #2
Largest: $125,000 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — to address a broadcast recruitment issue by providing internships to graduates of nablf's media sales academy and technology apprenticeship program.
Largest: $175,000 to KLCS Educational Foundation — general support for public broadcasting
Largest: $250,686 to SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC — to support science friday, focusing on science and the arts, including radio broadcasts, digital science videos, blog posts, live events, and associated media
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →