Public Broadcasting, Arts Endowment Get Boost In Latest Government Funding Package

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts each got funding boosts in the government funding agreement passed by the House on Tuesday.

House and Senate negotiators agreed to a $20 million increase in funding for CPB, which distributes grants to public television stations and other entities like PBS. The CPB has been operating on a $445 million appropriation in recent years.

The National Endowment for the Arts’ funding was increased by $7.25 million to $162.25 million, the largest amount in a decade. The National Endowment for the Humanities also received a similar increase.