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Press Releases and Announcements

PBS Foundation news items for 2005-2008 appear below.

• March 27, 2008
  PBS AND THE PBS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANT FROM THE SKOLL FOUNDATION



• January 30, 2008
  DONALD A. BAER, VETERAN MEDIA AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT, APPOINTED TO PBS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS



• January 14, 2008
  PBS FOUNDATION RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT TO ESTABLISH ADOBE YOUTH VOICES FUND



• December 4, 2007
  PBS PROGRAM FUNDED BY SKOLL FOUNDATION GRANT WINS NATIONAL BUSINESS EMMY



• April 2, 2007
  PBS FOUNDATION NAMES LINDA BROWN, CO-FOUNDER OF RIDGESTONE FOUNDATION, TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS



• March 19, 2007
  PBS AND THE PBS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE FIRST RECIPIENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FUND GRANT



• February 5, 2007
  PBS FOUNDATION NAMES BRUCE CHIZEN, CEO, ADOBE AND WGBH PRESIDENT, HENRY BECTON JR. TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS



• September 20, 2006
  PBS FOUNDATION AND SKOLL FOUNDATION ESTABLISH FUND TO PRODUCE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP



• December 15, 2005
  KNIGHT FOUNDATION TO ANNOUNCE $3 M GRANT FOR NEW PBS 'CITIZEN'S CHANNEL' PUBLIC SQUARE



• May 10, 2005
  NEW FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS SEEK TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC MEDIA AND PROMOTE INNOVATION



• April 13, 2005
  CHERI CARTER NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PBS FOUNDATION