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PBS’s budget is supported largely by non-government money: individual member donations, station-level fundraising and corporate underwriting, foundation grants, and earned revenue from program distrib...
PBS funding is not a single, uniform pot: at the level of local public-television stations, a majority of revenue historically comes from private membership donations and grants—commonly cited as roug...
Federal funding for the U.S. public television system is commonly reported in the mid‑teens of overall revenue: roughly 15 percent of public television’s aggregate budget is supported by federal dolla...