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Grants for radio broadcasters
287 radio producing and broadcasting organizations received at least $24.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,368 grants made from 868 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $775. Of these 868 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to radio broadcasters, and 3% made grants to four or more radio broadcasters. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$24,525,042
Total grant dollars given to radio broadcasters
1,368
Number of grants made annually to radio broadcasters
868
Number of grantmakers funding radio broadcasters
$775
Median grant size to radio broadcasters
Foundations that support radio producing and broadcasting organizations
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to radio broadcasters | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting radio producing and broadcasting organizations
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations grantees
Radio broadcasters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 79% of all radio broadcasters.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to radio broadcasters
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| Kqed (KQED) | $6,750,250 | General Support | Gerson Bakar Foundation |
| Kqed (KQED) | $4,620,257 | TVCSG | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| Radio Kingston Corporation | $4,500,000 | General Operating Support | Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $3,523,046 | RCSG | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| New York Public Radio | $3,291,083 | RCSG | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | $5,000 | Kzyx-Mendocino Voice Reporter Project | Community Foundation of Mendocino County |
| Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | $5,000 | General Support | Community Foundation of Mendocino County |
| Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | $5,000 | General Support | Community Foundation of Mendocino County |
| Virginia Humanities (VFH) | $5,000 | Virginia Festival of the Book for "locavores Unite: Guides To Eating and Drinking Locally" | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| Virginia Humanities (VFH) | $5,000 | General Purpose | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| Stu-Comm | $5,000 | General Purpose | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| Virginia Humanities (VFH) | $5,000 | The Rosel Schewel Initiative | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| New York Public Radio | $5,000 | General Purpose | Janet Yaseen Foundation |
| Cedar Ridge Children's Home and School | $5,000 | General Funds | Richard N Funkhouser Foundation |
| KUOW-Puget Sound Public Radio | $5,000 | General Support | Aspen Community Foundation (ACF) |
| Afro-American Community Broadcasting | $5,000 | General Support | Veridian Credit Union |
| Wcuw | $5,000 | First Annual Hawthorne Street Festival | Greater Worcester Community Foundation |
| Wcuw | $5,000 | Extending & Expanding Project Uplift | Greater Worcester Community Foundation |
| Wcuw | $5,000 | Project Uplift | Greater Worcester Community Foundation |
| Boise Radio | $5,000 | Promotion of the Arts | Winston C and Surel L Mitchell Family Foundation |
| Wayword | $5,000 | Program Support | Dr Seuss Foundation |
| Wamc | $5,000 | Media & Information | Cloud Mountain Foundation |
| New York Public Radio | $5,000 | | Head Count |
| Nashville Public Radio | $5,000 | Arts/humanities | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) |
| Nashville Public Radio | $5,000 | Arts/humanities | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Radio broadcasters" category for this page is determined by the "A34: Radio" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.