As the U.S. House weighs another vote on Republicans’ Rescissions Act of 2025 to cut $9.4 billion in already approved spending, National Public Radio says it receives just 1% of its funding directly from the federal government.
Among the cuts in the rescissions measure passed this week by the U.S. Senate are $8.3 billion in non-lifesaving foreign aid and $1.1 billion meant to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which finances NPR, PBS and some local radio stations. The Trump administration says public broadcasting systems like PBS and NPR are politically biased toward the left and should not receive taxpayer funding.
An NPR story on itself following the Senate vote said: “Now NPR gets about 1% of its funding directly from the federal government, which also funds the member stations but they get a bigger chunk of their budgets from the federal government through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.”
But NPR receives millions in additional federal taxpayer dollars indirectly through its relationship with its local affiliates.
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Author: Faith Novak
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