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NPR receives $113 million from two donors after federal funding cut
The gifts will fund digital innovation and shared tools as public media faces more than $1 billion in federal cuts, NPR said.
- On Thursday, NPR announced a $113 million windfall from two donors, including philanthropist Connie Ballmer's $80 million contribution—the largest gift by a living donor in the organization's history.
- Congress voted along party lines last summer to claw back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media under President Donald Trump's direction, creating significant financial pressure across the system.
- While NPR lost 1 to 2% of its annual budget, the average public radio station lost 10% and PBS stations lost 15%; new donations will fuel digital innovation and ensure station viability.
- NPR CEO and President Katherine Maher called the donations a 'remarkable investment' that will fund journalism for years, while an anonymous donor contributed an additional $33 million for public media tools.
- A federal judge ruled on March 31 that a Trump executive order prohibiting taxpayer dollars for NPR was unconstitutional, clarifying that the government cannot use funding as a lever to penalize the press.
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NPR receives two of its largest ever gifts: $80M for innovation in use of digital tech and $33M to build and buy tools to be shared with US public media orgs
David Folkenflik / NPR: NPR receives two of its largest ever gifts: $80M for innovation in use of digital tech and $33M to build and buy tools to be shared with US public media orgs — NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totalling $113 million.
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