National Public Radio Gets $1.5-Million Grant
National Public Radio has received a $1.5 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the largest single private sector grant in NPR’s history.
The grant will “enhance NPR’s ability to create new services, search for better ways to do what we do, and serve better a national audience growing in numbers,” said Douglas J. Bennet, president of the nonprofit radio network.
About 30% of NPR’s operating revenues comes from grants and program underwriting, with the rest generated by its 350 member stations.
John E. Corbally, president of the MacArthur Foundation, praised NPR’s “admirable track record for sound management. The foundation felt that the time was right for long-term, unrestricted support for innovation on NPR.”
Since 1978, the foundation has awarded more than $550 million in grants to various organizations for programs in mental health, tropical medicine, conservation, education, peace and international cooperation.
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