Who funds Pbs Foundation?

Arlington, Virginia · EIN 20-1476451 · NTEE A113 · 501(c)(3)

157 private foundations paid Pbs Foundation 208 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $14M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A113) places it in arts & culture.

Foundations that funded it

Largest total first.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - Development and promotion of ken burns film$3,000,000
• The Rosalind P Walter Foundation · 2024 - General$1,000,000
• The Elizabeth R & William J Patterson Foundation · 2024 - PBS Climate Initiative$1,000,000
• The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - Development of ken burns film$1,000,000
• The Rosalind P Walter Foundation · 2023 - General$625,000
• Hoveida Family Foundation · 2023 - Provide support for nova and a brief history of the future educational programming$500,000
• Lohengrin Foundation Inc · 2023 - General fund$500,000
• Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation · 2025 - To assist the recipient in carrying out its charitable purpose.$425,000
• W K Kellogg Foundation · 2024 - Promise of an Equitable Future$402,540
• The Klarman Family Foundation · 2024 - Support for a documentary television series$375,000
• The Klarman Family Foundation · 2023 - Healthy Democracy: To support the documentary television series "Black & Jewish in America and to provide a challenge grant$375,000
• Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Inc · 2024 - 2023 grant award$333,334
• Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Inc · 2025 - 2023 grant award pymt 2 of 3$333,333
• The Ford Foundation · 2024 - Core support for "black and jewish in america," a documentary charting the parallel, intersecting, and forking streams of black and jewish…$300,000
• George D Smith Fund Inc · 2025 - Organization's charitable purposes$250,000
• Hoveida Family Foundation · 2024 - Provide support for nova and a brief history of the future educational programming$250,000
• The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation · 2023 - General operating support$250,000
• The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the dr. henry louis gate's pbs educational documentary project, "black and jewish in america."$200,000
• Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 · 2024 - Unrestricted general$194,250
• Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 · 2023 - General operating$194,250
• Berger Family Foundation Inc · 2025 - General$150,000
• The Righteous Persons Foundation · 2024 - Bridging communities$150,000
• Sage Foundation · 2023 - Refer to statement 12 (footnote of this tax return$150,000
• Abby S & Howard P Milstein Foundation Howard P Milstein Trustee · 2023 - Irc sec. 501(C)(3) org.$120,000
• Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc · 2025 - To support the mission of the organization to promote and enhance outstanding public broadcasting programs and services.$100,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• National Public Radio IncWashington, DC · 22 shared funders
• Pro Publica IncNew York, NY · 15 shared funders
• The Barack Obama FoundationChicago, IL · 12 shared funders
• Childrens Cancer Research FundMinneapolis, MN · 10 shared funders
• New York Public RadioNew York, NY · 16 shared funders
• Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL · 21 shared funders
• International Medical CorpsLos Angeles, CA · 11 shared funders
• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation IncNew York, NY · 16 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-1476451
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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