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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB; stylized in all lowercase as cpb) is an American non-profit corporation created under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting in the United States. The corporation's mission was to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality educational, cultural, and other content and telecommunications services.
CPB received annual funding from Congress from 1967. As of 2015, it had distributed more than 70 percent of its funding to more than 1,500 locally owned public radio and television stations, including PBS and NPR stations. In particular, CPB funding was a key part of small and rural public media station budgets.
The CPB is shutting down following a new law of the U.S. government in July 2025 which halted all funding to the CPB.
The CPB's annual budget is composed almost entirely of an annual appropriation from Congress plus interest on those funds. Under the establishing law, no more than 5% of the appropriation may be used for administrative expenses. CPB allocates the funds to content development, community services, and other local station and system needs.
For fiscal year 2025[update], its operating budget included US$535 million of federal appropriation and $10 million in interest revenue. Its budgeted expenses were as follows:
Public broadcasting stations are funded by a combination of private donations from listeners and viewers, foundations and corporations. Funding for public television comes in roughly equal parts from government (at all levels) and the private sector.
Stations that receive CPB funds must meet certain requirements, such as the maintenance or provision of open meetings, open financial records, a community advisory board, equal employment opportunity, and lists of donors and political activities.
A 2007 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report and 2025 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report both found that public broadcasting stations in smaller and rural media markets had a greater dependence on federal funding. In 2023, rural stations received 45% of the CPB appropriation, while CPB grants accounted for at least 25% of station revenue for at least half of rural stations and more than 50% of revenue for some stations. A 2011 FCC report noted that less than one-fourth of funds disbursed through grants by the CPB to public broadcasters were used for programming while the overwhelming majority was used for support of station infrastructure.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB; stylized in all lowercase as cpb) is an American non-profit corporation created under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting in the United States. The corporation's mission was to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality educational, cultural, and other content and telecommunications services.
CPB received annual funding from Congress from 1967. As of 2015, it had distributed more than 70 percent of its funding to more than 1,500 locally owned public radio and television stations, including PBS and NPR stations. In particular, CPB funding was a key part of small and rural public media station budgets.
The CPB is shutting down following a new law of the U.S. government in July 2025 which halted all funding to the CPB.
The CPB's annual budget is composed almost entirely of an annual appropriation from Congress plus interest on those funds. Under the establishing law, no more than 5% of the appropriation may be used for administrative expenses. CPB allocates the funds to content development, community services, and other local station and system needs.
For fiscal year 2025[update], its operating budget included US$535 million of federal appropriation and $10 million in interest revenue. Its budgeted expenses were as follows:
Public broadcasting stations are funded by a combination of private donations from listeners and viewers, foundations and corporations. Funding for public television comes in roughly equal parts from government (at all levels) and the private sector.
Stations that receive CPB funds must meet certain requirements, such as the maintenance or provision of open meetings, open financial records, a community advisory board, equal employment opportunity, and lists of donors and political activities.
A 2007 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report and 2025 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report both found that public broadcasting stations in smaller and rural media markets had a greater dependence on federal funding. In 2023, rural stations received 45% of the CPB appropriation, while CPB grants accounted for at least 25% of station revenue for at least half of rural stations and more than 50% of revenue for some stations. A 2011 FCC report noted that less than one-fourth of funds disbursed through grants by the CPB to public broadcasters were used for programming while the overwhelming majority was used for support of station infrastructure.