Where public broadcasting's support came from, fiscal years 1982-94

Dollar figures in thousands

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Total pubcasting revenues grew 7%, approach $2 billion

Public broadcasting's total revenues reached $1.917 billion in fiscal year 1995 (ending September 1995), according to preliminary figures released by CPB in August 1996. That was a 6.8 percent increase over the fiscal 1994 total of $1.794 billion. Taking inflation into account, the "real purchasing power" growth was about 4 percent in fiscal 1995.

Of the total 82.4 percent was nonfederal money and 53.1 percent was from non-tax-based sources.

Dues and donations from station members grew 6.8 percent, $27 million; foundation grants grew 12.5 percent, or $12 million.

The figures include revenues of the CPB-recognized radio and TV stations as well as their national organizations such as NPR, PBS and PRI.

				FY82		FY86		FY90		FY93		FY94		FY95

Total income			$845,214	$1,134,009	$1,581,447	$1,790,095	$1,794,631	$1,917,191




Federal income subtotal		197,625		185,694		267,369		369,527		329,975		338,343
				23.4%		16.4%		16.9%		20.6%		18.4%		17.6%

	CPB			172,000		159,500		229,391		253,309		275,000		285,640
				20.3%		14.1%		14.5%		14.2%		15.3%		14.9%
	Satellite system
	replacement grants	0		0		0		65,327*		0		0
										3.6%
	Other federal grants
	and contracts		25,625		26,194		37,978		50,891		54,975		52,703
				3.0%		2.3%		2.4%		6.5%		3.1%		2.7%



Nonfederal income subtotal	647,589		948,315		1,314,078	1,420,568	1,464,656	1,578,848
				76.6%		83.6%		83.1%		79.4%		81.6%		82.4%





State & local tax-based sources	301,038		378,828		473,837		475,176		509,528		560,481
				35.6%		33.4%		30.0%		26.5%		28.4%		29.2%


	Local governments	42,353		50,879		59,810		56,230		55,927		57,517
				5.0%		4.5%		3.8%		3.1%		3.1%		3%

	State governments	166,515		213,069		262,219		254,715		272,018		319,825
				19.7%		18.8%		16.6%		14.2%		15.2%		16.7%

	Public colleges &
	universities	 	92,170		114,881		151,808		164,232		181,584		183,139
				10.9%		10.1%		9.6%		9.2%		10.2%		9.5%



Private sources			346,551		569,487		840,241		945,392		955,128		1,018,367
				41.0%		50.2%		53.1%		52.8%		53.2%		53.1%

	Private colleges &
	universities		12,870		26,335		31,204		23,244		26,049		26,642
				1.5%		2.3%		2.0%		1.3%		1.5%		1.4%

	Foundations		22,108		38,343		71,070		99,585		96,927		109,025
				2.6%		3.4%		4.5%		5.6%		5.4%		5.7%

	Business		100,486		170,828		262,448		285,380		301,322		294,194
				11.9%		15.1%		16.6%		15.9%		16.8%		15.3%

	Subscribers		142,076		245,614		340,944		390,570		399,225		426,261
				16.8%		21.7%		21.6%		21.8%		22.2%		22.2%

	Auction			20,392		22,915		22,760		21,207		20,590		21,147
				2.4%		2.0%		1.4%		1.2%		1.1%		1.1%

	Other private sources	48,619		65,451		111,815		125,407		111,014		141,098
				5.8%		5.8%		7.1%		7.0%		6.2%		7.4%

* Over three years, fiscal years 1991-93, Congress appropriated $198 million for CPB to rehab the public TV and radio satellite systems; this is the FY93 installment. Figures compiled by Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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