Grantee Database
KQED INC
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
