Grantee Database

Grant Year

2019-20

Grant Program

Arts and Public Media

Award Amount

$25,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, KQED will engage audiences, especially those from the Latinx community, through multiplatform content, community engagement, and a public premier of Dear Homeland, a new 57-minute documentary that tells the story of Mexican-born, Bay Area-based singer/songwriter Diana Gameros, as she finally gets her green card and is able to return home to Juarez, MX to visit childhood friends and family, after living undocumented in the United States for 16 years.

Organization Summary

KQED provides media programming to:
● 900,000+ average weekly viewers for KQED 9 & KQED Plus
● 800,000 average weekly listeners to KQED 88.5FM (largest radio audience in the Bay Area)
● 1.8 million+ average monthly users for kqed.org

Our core programs include:

KQED NEWS is a trusted community resource providing the public with facts, multiple viewpoints, and civil debate about issues and ideas, stories and solutions.

KQED ARTS exposes residents of California to a wide range of rich arts and cultural offerings, making the arts accessible to communities through all KQED media channels: television, radio, and online.

KQED EDUCATION provides educators with multimedia content, student activities and professional development tools.

Organization

KQED

Address

2601 MARIPOSA ST

SAN FRANCISCO

94110-1426

County

San Francisco

Region

Bay Area – San Francisco

Phone

(415) 553-2129

Congressional District

California's 12th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 17

State Senate District

District 11

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