Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Public Radio Inc
National public radio, inc. (npr) collaborates with member public radio stations to create a more informed public, one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding of events, ideas, and cultures. Npr advances this mission by producing and distributing noncommercial programming that meets the highest standards of journalism and…
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 242
- Grants FY2025
- 89
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $26,145
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $590,715
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 89
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 53
- Total assets, FY2025
- $425M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations National Public Radio Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 232 | $11M | 56% |
| FY2024 | 89 | $4.6M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 74 | $2.6M | 91% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.5M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $934k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.4M | 88% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $440k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$8.9MInternational$868kPublic Benefit$838kEducation$469kScience & Tech$187kEnvironment$89kReligion$13kEmployment$9kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
NH
WA
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
NE
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $2,172,968 | 5 | n/a |
| Kqed Inc | $2,152,491 | 5 | 1% |
| American Coalition for Public Radio | $1,947,074 | 9 | 100% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $1,041,046 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas Public Radio | $993,239 | 4 | 5% |
| Npr International Operations Inc | $901,946 | 3 | 100% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $545,706 | 2 | n/a |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $502,017 | 3 | 5% |
| Boise State University | $448,238 | 2 | n/a |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $443,253 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $2,172,968 | 5 | n/a |
| Kqed Inc | $2,152,491 | 5 | 1% |
| American Coalition for Public Radio | $1,947,074 | 9 | 100% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $1,041,046 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas Public Radio | $993,239 | 4 | 5% |
| Npr International Operations Inc | $901,946 | 3 | 100% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $545,706 | 2 | n/a |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $502,017 | 3 | 5% |
| Boise State University | $448,238 | 2 | n/a |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $443,253 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc | $426,471 | 3 | 1% |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | $382,497 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $238,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $226,944 | 4 | 0% |
| American University | $209,010 | 3 | 0% |
| Mississippi Public Broadcasting | $196,475 | 3 | n/a |
| Nevada Public Radio | $192,449 | 3 | 3% |
| The University of Tennessee | $185,427 | 3 | n/a |
| Vpm Media Corporation | $153,537 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Texas | $142,828 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Communications Inc | $126,358 | 3 | 1% |
| Ohio University | $123,195 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $121,158 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennon Organization | $115,787 | 3 | 0% |
| Wskg Public Telecommunications Council | $114,163 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Wyoming | $104,198 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $101,870 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $101,209 | 3 | n/a |
| Kjzzkbaq (Through Maricopa Community Colleges) | $100,489 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $99,772 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Arizona University | $98,963 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $93,345 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $92,747 | 1 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $89,788 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Tulsa | $89,553 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $87,716 | 3 | n/a |
| New Hampshire Public Radio Inc | $85,360 | 2 | 1% |
| Pittsburg State University | $84,090 | 3 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $81,846 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $81,090 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | $80,837 | 3 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc | $80,699 | 3 | 0% |
| Alaska Public Media Inc | $80,298 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Kentucky University | $75,426 | 3 | n/a |
| University of New Orleans | $75,194 | 3 | n/a |
| Religion News Foundation | $70,743 | 1 | 1% |
| University of West Florida | $70,648 | 3 | n/a |
| Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio | $69,870 | 2 | 1% |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $68,446 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $68,055 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida State University | $67,496 | 3 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University in Shreveport | $64,912 | 3 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University Foundation | $63,786 | 3 | 0% |
| Douglas County School District 001 | $62,834 | 3 | n/a |
| Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $61,006 | 3 | 0% |
| Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association | $58,635 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky | $58,417 | 3 | n/a |
| Western New York Public Broadcasting Association | $57,992 | 3 | 0% |
| Troy University | $57,651 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Iowa Tech | $56,277 | 2 | n/a |
| Murray State University | $56,275 | 3 | n/a |
| Lehigh University | $55,262 | 3 | 0% |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $54,023 | 2 | n/a |
| Radio Milwaukee Inc | $52,940 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Tech University System | $52,526 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $52,367 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $52,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission | $52,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $52,290 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $52,290 | 1 | n/a |
| South Carolina Network | $50,136 | 2 | n/a |
| Lamar University | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ball State University | $49,959 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $48,915 | 3 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | $46,963 | 2 | 0% |
| Indian River State College | $46,533 | 3 | n/a |
| Marfa Public Radio Corporation | $46,145 | 2 | 2% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $46,145 | 2 | 0% |
| Ideastream | $46,145 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $46,145 | 2 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $46,112 | 2 | n/a |
| White Ash Broadcasting Inc | $45,996 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $45,483 | 2 | 0% |
| Newark Public Radio Inc | $45,335 | 2 | 1% |
| Missouri State University | $44,395 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Louisiana - Monroe | $44,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma State University | $43,715 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $42,422 | 2 | n/a |
| Elkhart Community Schools | $42,277 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $41,751 | 2 | 0% |
| Wnet | $41,627 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern New Mexico University | $41,538 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $41,335 | 2 | n/a |
| Spokane Public Radio | $41,008 | 3 | 1% |
| Kccu | $40,708 | 2 | n/a |
| Youngstown State University | $40,317 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $40,264 | 2 | n/a |
| Wamc | $40,119 | 1 | 1% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $39,781 | 3 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $39,667 | 3 | 0% |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $39,084 | 3 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $38,987 | 1 | n/a |
| South Texas Public Broadcasting System I | $38,114 | 2 | 1% |
| Wqpt | $38,093 | 2 | n/a |
| Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Founda | $38,047 | 2 | 4% |
| Yuma la Paz Counties Community College District (Arizona Western College ) | $37,992 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Public Schools | $37,303 | 2 | n/a |
| Kgou | $37,303 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $37,215 | 2 | n/a |
| Wnin Tri-State Public Media Inc | $37,075 | 2 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $36,767 | 1 | 0% |
| Morehead State University | $36,763 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Missouri State University | $36,400 | 1 | n/a |
| New England Public Media Inc | $36,142 | 2 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $35,951 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-South Public Communications Foundation | $35,704 | 2 | 0% |
| South Dakota State University | $35,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Craven Community College | $34,905 | 2 | n/a |
| Inland Futures Foundation of the San Bernardino Community College District | $34,891 | 2 | 2% |
| Mercer County Community College | $34,739 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Missouri State University | $34,347 | 1 | n/a |
| Wmht Educational Telecommunications Inc | $34,068 | 1 | 0% |
| Augustana College | $34,008 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Radio Inc | $33,776 | 2 | 0% |
| Roaring Fork Public Radio Inc | $33,773 | 1 | 1% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $33,545 | 2 | n/a |
| Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association Inc | $32,695 | 2 | 4% |
| The Nathan B Stubblefield Foundation Inc | $32,113 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce | $31,121 | 1 | n/a |
| Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council | $30,688 | 2 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $30,127 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc | $29,972 | 1 | 0% |
| Stu-Comm Inc | $29,685 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc | $28,355 | 1 | 1% |
| Clark Atlanta University Inc | $28,177 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Public Media Corporation | $27,966 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Central Florida | $26,761 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Education Television Foundation Authority | $26,735 | 3 | 0% |
| Baltimore Public Media Corporation | $26,239 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | $26,145 | 1 | 3% |
| Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 2% |
| Northern Illinois University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| University Radio Foundation Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Public Media | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| University of New Mexico | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lawrence University | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Isothermal Community College | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Montana | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Public Radio | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Lane Community College | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Western N Carolina Public Radio | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart University Incorporated | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Radio for Northern Colorado | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Community Radio Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Wireless of Park City | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural California Broadcasting Corporatio | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Wjct Inc | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Public Radio | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Public Co | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Michigan University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| James Madison University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Public Radio DBA WHQR | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Msu Billings | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Monica College | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Albuquerque Public Schools | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Kcbx Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Miami Valley Public Media Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Wxxi | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean State Media Group | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Fordham University | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico State University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Kute Inc Dba Ksut Public Radio | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| University Corporation at Monterey Bay | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| KANZA Society Inc | $26,145 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Utah | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Public Radio | $26,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Sfusd | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Kewaunee Sports Booster Club Ltd | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan University | $26,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Rust College | $25,930 | 1 | 0% |
| Gaston College | $25,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Crested Butte Mountain Educational Radio | $25,930 | 1 | n/a |
| NYC Department of Education | $25,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Carbondale Community Access Radio | $25,930 | 1 | 3% |
| North Fork Valley Public Radio Inc | $25,930 | 1 | 3% |
| San Mateo County Community Colleges District | $25,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Wcbe | $25,930 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $24,479 | 1 | n/a |
| Guam Educational Radio Foundation | $23,224 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Radio Project Inc Ksjd | $22,656 | 1 | 3% |
| Chico State Enterprises | $22,318 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $21,767 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Shore Community Radio Inc | $21,602 | 1 | n/a |
| Vincennes University | $21,587 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Television 19 Inc | $20,550 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Central University | $20,125 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wbjb | $19,347 | 1 | n/a |
| Wtjx | $19,316 | 1 | n/a |
| Murray State University Foundation Inc | $19,271 | 1 | 0% |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $19,225 | 2 | n/a |
| Educational Information Corporation | $18,845 | 1 | 1% |
| Alabama A&M University | $17,324 | 1 | n/a |
| The Public Broadcasting Council of Cny Inc | $16,892 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Mvyradio Inc | $15,973 | 1 | 1% |
| Elizabeth City State University | $15,542 | 1 | n/a |
| Alcorn State University | $15,023 | 1 | n/a |
| Kodiak Public Broadcasting Corp | $14,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Jackson State University | $12,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Muslim Association of Virginia Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Carolina State University | $10,461 | 1 | n/a |
| White House Correspondents' Association | $10,446 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama State University | $8,941 | 1 | n/a |
| Central State University | $7,910 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View a and M University | $6,918 | 1 | n/a |
| Winston-Salem State University | $6,912 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
National Public Radio Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 116 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 116.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Corporation for Public BroadcastingDC112.9× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About National Public Radio Inc
- How much does National Public Radio Inc give?
- National Public Radio Inc reported 242 grants totaling $11,246,098 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 89 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does National Public Radio Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (78%), International (8%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are National Public Radio Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Curators of the University of Missouri ($2.2M), Kqed Inc ($2.2M), American Coalition for Public Radio ($1.9M).
- Does National Public Radio Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Public Radio Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service, Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc.
- Where is National Public Radio Inc based?
- National Public Radio Inc is based in DC.
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