Project Grant RO2865920291

The federal Project Grant award of $80,000,000 was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program (CFDA 97.138) to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The funding will support technology upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and training for public broadcast stations to enhance emergency alert capabilities, particularly in underserved rural and tribal communities. Key focus areas include implementing the Common...

Austin Community College District will use a $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to establish an Educational Resource Center at Austin PBS through August 31, 2025. The grant funding is provided through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program, which aims to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities. Specifically, Austin...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $3,421,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to the Maine Public Broadcasting Corp in Lewiston, Maine. The grant will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or other improvements to community facilities that deliver critical services to rural residents in the local area. The award has a performance period of two years, from February 5, 2025 to February 5, 2027. The...

This $114,535.41 federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), is funding the renovation and repair of the broadcasting building for V7AB in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The grant aims to maintain essential and high-quality broadcast services in the Marshall Islands through these infrastructure improvements. The award has a performance...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support the public television programs POV, POV Shorts, and America Reframed, along with related public engagement activities. The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, will enable The American Documentary Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, New York, to curate, produce, and promote these documentary film series,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $103,914 Project Grant to Media Alternativa of Moldova under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to support the project "Ensure TV8 Continuous Broadcast in Digital Multiplex" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The grant will fund efforts to provide continuous broadcasting services for TV8 in digital format within Moldova's public diplomacy programs in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia aimed at...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media awarded Radio Free Asia a $96.3 million project grant on December 1, 2021 under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500). The grant will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in Asia. Specifically, Radio Free Asia will use the funding to promote freedom and democracy and enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news,...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) awarded a $16,196,355 Project Grant to the Open Technology Fund (OTF) on January 21, 2025 under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500). This grant supports OTF's planning and operational expenses related to international broadcasting initiatives in the Middle East, designed to promote freedom, democracy, and international understanding. Specifically, OTF utilizes the grant funding to develop and...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) awarded a $35,279,313 Project Grant to Radio Free Asia (RFA) on October 8, 2024 under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations (CFDA 90.500) program. This grant supports RFA's planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in Asia, enabling the organization to produce and distribute multimedia content across digital and traditional media platforms. RFA's work focuses on creating and disseminating news and...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) awarded a $72,120,354 Project Grant to RFE / RL Inc., doing business as Radio Free Europe, under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500). The grant supports planning and operations expenses related to Radio Free Europe's multimedia international broadcasting initiatives focused on promoting freedom, democracy, and global understanding through objective news and information dissemination in Eastern Europe. Key...