Where PBS funding comes from
Programming budget for 1982: $135.9 million. Sources of the revenues: * Business: $38.6 million (28.5%) * Public television stations: $33.6 million (25%) * Corporation for Public Broadcasting: $20 million (14.5%) * Other federal agencies (National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Office of Education): $16.8 million (12%) * Independent producers and independent production companies: $15.1 million (11%) * Educational institutions, associations, state and local governments, individuals: $6.5 million (5%) * Foundations: $5.3 million (4%)
Source: PBS