Overview
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will wind down operations, ending most of its 100-person workforce by September 30, 2025, and maintaining a small transition team through January 2026.
- Federal appropriations of $1.1 billion were rescinded this summer under President Trump’s rescissions package, marking the first total cut to CPB funding since its 1967 founding.
- About 70% of CPB’s federal grants flow to more than 1,500 local PBS and NPR stations, many of which now face emergency fundraising drives to cover lost support.
- CPB has notified employees and partners that it will oversee final distributions, music licensing and technical infrastructure closeouts during the wind-down phase.
- This week CPB voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit over attempted board removals after concluding that congressional and executive actions deprived it of sustainable funding.