The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a federally chartered, non‑profit corporation created by the U.S. Congress in 1967 to promote and support public broadcasting. CPB provides funding, research, and technical assistance to public television and radio stations and works to ensure accessible, high‑quality educational, cultural, and news programming for American audiences.
Advocates for federal appropriations and sustained public funding for public media, policies supporting public media infrastructure and digital transition, initiatives to strengthen local journalism and educational programming, efforts to increase diversity, inclusion and local community service in public broadcasting, and policies related to emergency information and public media accessibility.
Primarily funded by annual federal appropriations from the U.S. Congress, supplemented by private foundation grants, corporate and philanthropic contributions, and other program-related revenues.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), major local public television and radio stations (for example WGBH and WETA), American Public Media, Public Radio International, Public Radio Exchange and other public media organizations and member stations.
Federally chartered non‑profit corporation (private, non‑governmental)
