The largest part of NPR’s funding comes from individual donations, followed by corporate donations. Federal funding makes up around 5% of the total – important, but not even close to their primary source of funds.

if you’re concerned that 5% of their budget coming from government funding has undue influence over their editorial choices, you’d certainly be a lot more concerned about the 17% that comes from corporate donors. And when you compare that to private media’s funding, which is 100% from corporate sources…