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About 10% comes directly from federal funding. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding
by V__ 3y ago
About 10% comes directly from federal funding.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding
- junofan 3y agoIronically, the article talks about how 10% of something is a controlling interest and part of the reason the plaintiffs wound up in court.
- acdha 3y agoIt’s worth noting that the federal rule mentioned is very specifically referring to influencing dividend amounts and timing. That’s not really comparable to running a news organization.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y agoThere's a difference between NPR affiliated independent radio stations and NPR. On average NPR gets less than 1% of their budget from the federal government. https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...
- Turing_Machine 3y agoDirectly, yes. How much of the rest comes from tax-deductible corporate donations and grants from tax-free nonprofits? Almost all of it. Since that money is not taxed, one could certainly argue that it represents a de facto tax increase on other people. That is, if the federal government needs $x/year in tax money, and Exxon doesn't pay taxes on the $y/year it gives to NPR, that tax money is going to have to be made up from someone else. Right?