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Ford Foundation grants and expenditures for educational broadcasting, fiscal years 1951-76
The Ford Foundation was public television's first big funder, supporting efforts to acquire reserved channels, helping to start stations in major cities, and backing National Educational Television, the system's major production and distribution organization in its early years.
| Grants and expenditures for television and radio projects | |||
| Fiscal year | TV and radio | Television * | Radio ** |
| Total |
$290,291,333
|
$289,008,706
|
$1,282,627
|
| 1951 |
1,439,091
|
946,291
|
492,800
|
| 1952 |
2,646,106
|
2,646,106
|
0
|
| 1953 |
4,490,021
|
4,339,116
|
150,905
|
| 1954 |
4,776,068
|
4,776,068
|
0
|
| 1955 |
3,139,195
|
3,139,195
|
0
|
| 1956 |
9,979,675
|
9,979,675
|
0
|
| 1957 |
4,749,720
|
4,674,970
|
74,750
|
| 1958 |
3,965,932
|
3,765,932
|
200,000
|
| 1959 |
11,126,112
|
11,113,512
|
12,600
|
| 1960 |
7,708,701
|
7,707,201
|
1,500
|
| 1961 |
8,140,359
|
8,125,359
|
15,000
|
| 1962 |
19,580,006
|
19,580,006
|
0
|
| 1963 |
7,423,652
|
7,423,652
|
0
|
| 1964 |
7,560,522
|
7,560,522
|
0
|
| 1965 |
7,171,903
|
7,171,903
|
0
|
| 1966 |
16,288,700
|
16,288,700
|
0
|
| 1967 |
23,000,544
|
22,962,544
|
38,000
|
| 1968 |
10,998,411
|
10,961,911
|
36,500
|
| 1969 |
25,301,843
|
25,116,271
|
185,572
|
| 1970 |
17,098,172
|
17,023,172
|
75,000
|
| 1971 |
18,155,198
|
18,155,198
|
0
|
| 1972 |
19,103,000
|
19,103,000
|
0
|
| 1973 |
10,683,699
|
10,683,699
|
0
|
| 1974 |
28,974,773
|
28,974,773
|
0
|
| 1975 |
3,680,000
|
3,680,000
|
0
|
|
1976 |
13,109,930
|
13,109,930
|
0
|
* Includes those grants awarded to television-radio
projects. Some of these grants were awarded to commercial television, particularly
in the early 1950s, and television projects in other countries.
** Includes only those grants in which radio was the
principal activity, but does not include those grants designated for television-radio.
Source: "Ford Foundation Activities in Noncommercial Broadcasting, 1951-1976," a booklet published by the foundation.
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