Anonymous ID: f89730 Sept. 19, 2025, 9:36 a.m. No.23623571   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3584

>>23623554

>@POTUS: "Okay, well we're going to find out."

 

The largest single donor in NPR's history wasJoan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.In 2003, NPR received a bequest of over $200 million from her estate, which was placed into an endowment to generate ongoing support for the network.

 

Call to Dig on Funders of NPR and Antifa/DNC/SOROS

Anonymous ID: f89730 Sept. 19, 2025, 9:40 a.m. No.23623584   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3613

>>23623554

>>23623571

NPR

 

The largest single donor in NPR's history was Joan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc. In 2003, NPR received a bequest of over $200 million from her estate, which was placed into an endowment to generate ongoing support for the network.

As for recent and ongoing support, NPR has a diverse funding model that does not rely on a single largest donor. Its revenue comes from a variety of sources, including:

Member stations: A significant portion of NPR's revenue comes from fees paid by its more than 1,000 member stations across the country.

Corporate sponsorships: Underwriting from corporate sponsors provides a major source of income.

Philanthropic foundations: Many foundations provide significant grants for specific reporting projects. Prominent examples include theBill and Melinda Gates Foundationand the MacArthur Foundation.

Individual contributions: NPR receives direct contributions from individual listeners.

Government funding: A small portion of NPR's funding comes indirectly from the federal government through grants to member stations via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). As of September 2025, there was an effort in Congress to end this funding.

Anonymous ID: f89730 Sept. 19, 2025, 10:36 a.m. No.23623811   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4051 >>4123 >>4208

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Philanthropist Joan Kroc Leaves NPR $200 Million Gift

NOVEMBER 6, 200312:00 AM ET

 

https://www.npr.org/2003/11/06/1494600/philanthropist-joan-kroc-leaves-npr-200-million-gift#:~:text=Philanthropist%20Joan%20Kroc%20Leaves%20NPR%20$200%20Million%20Gift&text=International%20Peace%20Studies-,NPR%20will%20benefit%20from%20a%20bequest%20of%20more%20than%20$200,contribution%20from%20the%20Kroc%20estate.

 

Public Media Bridge

FUNDING

 

https://publicmedia.co/about-us/

 

Foundations Commit $36.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Protect Public Media in Vulnerable Communities

 

Knight Foundation, Pivotal, the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Schmidt Family Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation call on others to join them in supporting local public radio and television stations after loss of federal funding

 

https://knightfoundation.org/press/releases/foundations-commit-36-5-million-in-emergency-funding-to-protect-public-media-in-vulnerable-communities/#:~:text=public%20media.%E2%80%9D%20The%20commitment%20of%20$36.5%20million,Public%20Media%20Bridge%20Fund%2C%20a%20philanthropic%20effort

 

Gates Foundation Funding to NPR

 

Purpose

To provide NPR with resources needed to sustain the vital journalism of NPR’s education and global health and development desks

 

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2016/06/opp1153230