ETV Endowment of South Carolina (ETV)

Program purchase - through annual membership contributions, the Etv Endowment of South Carolina supports programs broadcast by scetv, sc public radio and other public media stations. The Endowment's 46,500 donors made more than 263,000 individual gifts in fy23. These membership funds are used to purchase programming seen on 11 television stations broadcasting four television channels and heard on nine radio stations broadcasting two programming streams throughout the state. Funding for the programming that is broadcast 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including the national pbs and npr schedules, is provided by members of the Endowment. The Etv Endowment is proud to serve all South carolinians, without regard to their ability to pay for the many programs offered.

Member services - for 45 years, the Etv Endowment family of donors, numbering 46,500 has provided membership contributions to sustain the program purchase and production of television and radio programming. Since the Endowment's inception in 1977, our Endowment donors have contributed more than $153 million in unrestricted membership funds. Every member of the Endowment is offered a monthly scene program guide, which highlights the offerings on each of scetv's four television channels and two radio streams. The Endowment also sends to members membership decals for their vehicles each year so others may know of their support of public media in South Carolina. Lastly, the Endowment mailed more than 2,900 appreciation gifts to our donors in fy23. Those gifts included dvds, books and tickets to performances associated with Etv and sc public radio, all of which extend the educational outreach component of scetv's programming.

Program production - since its founding in 1977, the Etv Endowment has managed nearly $136 million in restricted grants from corporations, foundations and individuals as well as state and governmental entities. The Endowment uses these funds in accordance with grant restrictions to produce and/or present programs for distribution on a national, regional or state level. Scetv, sc public radio and the Etv Endowment also contribute significant in-kind contributions to these programs to ensure completion and distribution. Such programs include television, radio and non-broadcast educational programs.