Grants for radio broadcasters

Name: Top 25 grants made to radio producing and broadcasting organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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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

Out of all grants made to radio broadcasters, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 93% of the dollar-value of grants to radio broadcasters. Foundations funding radio broadcasters also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, colleges, educational service providers, animal shelters, and natural resource conservation nonprofits.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	685
Medium	96
Large	87

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	20
Private	771
Corporate	56
Other	21

Grants made

Grants made to radio broadcasters	Number of grantmakers
1	744
2-3	90
4-10	23
11+	11

Top 10 foundations supporting radio producing and broadcasting organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to radio broadcasters	Number of grants made to radio broadcasters	Median grant size
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	100	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	27	$120
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	25	$1,000
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.1%	20	$1,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	20	$312
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	17	$415
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	13	$150
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.0%	13	$260
Puget Sound Energy Foundation	DE	Metro	0.2%	13	$80
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	12	$500

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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	1,363
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,500
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$579

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	273
New York	251
Washington	184
Colorado	71
Other	589

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	247
Seattle	182
San Francisco	163
Los Angeles	66
Other	610

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)

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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.