2025 BFOA Monthly Grant Program

BFOA Monthly Grant Application Instructions:
Broadcasters Foundation of America provides monthly grants to broadcast professionals who are unable to work due and in acute financial need due to a critical illness, medical crisis, or other serious misfortune.

Program Guidelines
Applicants must:
1. Meet at least one of the two employment requirements listed below:

• Have been employed for a consecutive five (5) year period by one or more radio and/or television broadcasting companies (whether currently, or during the course of his or her career). For our purposes, a radio or television broadcasting company is one that provides free over-the-air broadcasting utilizing full-service television and/or radio licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”).
• Have been employed, for a consecutive five (5) year period, by a media representative firm that sells media time or space on behalf of radio and/or television broadcasters, or a state broadcast association. 

2. Meet at least one of the requirements listed below:

• Be unable to work due to a critical illness or serious accident and are experiencing acute financial hardship
• Have a dependent child that suffers from a severe, prolonged illness that is causing acute financial hardship for the family
• Require placement in assisted living and the attendant costs are causing acute financial hardship for the broadcaster or their family
• Upon the death of an eligible broadcaster, a surviving spouse may apply for a Monthly Grant within three (3) months of the eligible broadcaster’s death if they find they are experiencing acute financial hardship due to this loss.

If you meet the above requirements, please answer the following eligibility questions. Read each question and accompanying note carefully and answer each question truthfully and accurately. Applicants that qualify will be directed to the full application.