Capital Of Texas Public Telecommunications Council
Austin, TX Doing business as Austin PBS
- UEI
- CFQEJRN6TQL9
- CAGE
- 5L3N3
- Primary NAICS
- 516120 Television Broadcasting Stations
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 6101 Highland Campus Dr Building 3000, Austin, TX 78752, USA
- Website
- austinpbs.org
- Founded
- 1962
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Broadcasting
- SIC code
- 48 Communications
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $38,456 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $105,248 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $185,000 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $90,000 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $100,000 |
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About the company
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council, doing business as Austin PBS, is a nonprofit public broadcasting station based in Austin, Texas that operates as a federal grant sub-recipient focused on early learning and community media engagement programs. The vendor holds no federal prime contracts and does not sit on IDIQs, GWACs, or other vehicle platforms; all nine recent federal awards in the source are sub-awards or prime grants, with five of nine structured as sub-awards under Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grants.
Austin PBS's federal footprint concentrates on early childhood education and public media. The top three customer agencies account for 100% of recent award activity: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (5 awards), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce (2 awards), and the National Endowment for the Arts (2 awards). The vendor's primary recent work is as a sub-recipient under CPB's Ready to Learn (RTL) initiative, a Department of Education-funded program. Four consecutive sub-awards dated December 2021, March 2023, January 2024, and January 2025 address RTL Learning Neighborhood and RTL State Project components — community-based early learning partnerships, educator professional development, family engagement workshops, and out-of-school learning experiences across five-year grant cycles. The most recent sub-award from CPB (January 2025) carries a combined budget of $635 thousand across its Learning Neighborhood and State Project phases, divided across multiple fiscal periods with annual amendments contingent on Department of Education appropriations.
Activity remains sparse and episodic — one award per year in 2023–2025 and two awards in 2021, with combined dollars obligated of $1.2 million across all nine awards since 2008. The vendor's role as a sub-recipient rather than a prime grant holder, combined with reliance on a single parent grantor (CPB) for recent work, positions Austin PBS as a mission-driven local partner in federal early-learning initiatives rather than as a diversified federal contractor or grant recipient.
Quick answers
Is Capital Of Texas Public Telecommunications Council registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Capital Of Texas Public Telecommunications Council's SAM.gov registration is active through January 23, 2027.
What is Capital Of Texas Public Telecommunications Council's most recent federal award?
Capital Of Texas Public Telecommunications Council's most recent federal grant award is To support post-production distribution and promotion costs for the television program "conspirare: considering matthew… (1734007159), from National Endowment for the Arts, on June 1, 2017.
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