Overview

• President Trump signed the rescission package on July 24 after Congress approved reclaiming $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting alongside $8 billion in foreign aid.
• Federal grants constitute about 8–15 percent of member station budgets and underwrite educational programming, local journalism and rural emergency alerts.
• Major networks and local outlets, including New York Public Radio and Central Florida Public Media, are hosting all-day fundraisers to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost federal support.
• Private donations have surged, with roughly 120,000 new donors contributing an estimated $20 million over three months and boosting annual public media contributions by $70 million.
• Hundreds of smaller and rural stations warn they could go dark permanently if they cannot close the sudden funding gap.