NPR Gets $14-Million MacArthur Grant
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From Times Wire Reports
A private foundation is giving $14 million to National Public Radio, $10 million of which will support news and public affairs programs at the network’s 714 stations. The other $4 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago will go to an endowment for NPR’s long-term financial stability and innovations.
The foundation is best known for no-strings-attached awards given to scholars and artists.
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