US EditionBillionaire Connie Ballmer just donated $80 million to support NPR after Trump cut $1.1 billion from public broadcasting
The gift is NPR’s largest from a living donor and will help offset funding losses that cut about $1.1 billion from public broadcasting.
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Tijuana, April 20.- The United States broadcaster, National Public Radio (NPR) received the largest donation of its history from a living person, the multimillion-dollar philanthropist Connie Ballmer, who contributed $80 million. Ballmer, a former board member of the NPR Foundation, explained that her donation aims to support local journalism, emphasizing the importance of informed citizenship for democracy. An additional $33 million was donated…
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