Archived Grants

System Support, Management, or Consulting RFPs

Major Giving Initiative: Board Effectiveness Project

• Funds activities to evaluate and improve station board performance.

2005 CPB Annual Report Design

• Funds layout, design, print production, and project management of the CPB Annual Report.

2004 CPB Annual Report Design

• Funds layout, design, print production, and project management of the CPB Annual Report.

Local Service Grant Program Administrator

• The Local Service Grant Program Administrator will be responsible for the design, management and oversight of the Local Service Grant Project program, a large-scale, multi-year grant program for public television stations.

Ready To Lead in Literacy Conference Planning

• The Ready To Lead in Literacy Grant Program conference is expected to be held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel on October 19-21, 2006 in Washington, DC. It is anticipated that approximately 150 persons will be in attendance over the two and a quarter days. The selected consultant, firm or team will be required to have available personnel who have been successful in the professional services and activities of conference and event support, execution, planning and coordination services.

Small Station Strategic Planning Initiative: Consulting Services

• Consultants will help deliver consistent strategic planning to Stations, and will participate as a team with the other consultants to refine and improve the template and delivery of strategic planning services to Stations. The selection of consultants will be made jointly by a team composed of the Project Director, CPB personnel and the Small Station Advisory Panel.

Initiative Manager: American History and Civics

• The Initiative Manager will coordinate and support the development, production, dissemination and formative evaluation of American History and Civics Initiative projects, working in close consultation with CPB.

Community Engagement Phase, Public Education Initiative

• CPB is interested in exploring new and different models of community engagement that can build on the influence and significance that public broadcasting stations already enjoy in their communities to establish stations as a truly essential part of community life.

Conference Planning and Implementation

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is seeking an experienced planning consultant, firm or team that will be responsible for conference and event support, execution, planning and coordination of all aspects related to implementing a two day national meeting of public television station general managers and volunteer leaders.

Web-Based Self-Directed Major Giving Practices Curriculum

• This Request for Proposals seeks an external service provider to design and develop a web-based application transforming the Major Giving Initiative website content and other Major Giving Initiative materials into an interactive, graphical training tool for public television professionals involved in major giving activities at their stations.

2006 CPB Annual Report Writing, Design, and Production

• This Request for Proposals is for writing, layout, design, print production, and project management of the 2006 CPB corporate annual report.

Public Radio Major Giving Plan Consulting Services

• CPB is requesting proposals from qualified individuals and companies to develop a strategic and tactical major giving plan for public radio stations that will raise the proficiency of major gift activity at stations, increase the number of major gift donors to the stations, and increase net revenue for the stations.

Consultation and Administrative Services for TV Digital Grants

• This Request for Proposals seeks to identify and select an experienced consultant that will provide services and assistance to CPB's Media Technologies Group in connection with DDF grants. The term of the services shall be for a period of twelve months.

Management of Existing TV Digital Distribution Fund Grants

• This Request for Proposals seeks to identify and select an experienced consultant that will provide ongoing administrative assistance to CPB in administering thirty-seven open DDF grants. This will include transitioning such administrative services from PBS to the successful bidder under this RFP.

American Archive 1.0 Initiative Manager

• The Initiative Manager will be responsible for managing both the strategic and tactical processes required to create an initial "blueprint" for American Archive 1.0.

Radio Engineering Consulting Services

• CPB seeks radio technical and engineering consulting services to CPB's Media Technologies office and the Radio Digital Grants Program.

Enhancing Services to Underserved Audiences

• CPB seeks a consulting firm(s) to conduct assessments and operational analyses of CPB-supported minority consortia and other organizations.

Plan to Grow Public Radio Audiences Consulting Services

• CPB seeks a Program Manager to lead a system-wide consultation of not more than nine months which will result in a strategic and tactical framework to increase audiences for public radio.

Financial Reporting Guidelines Managing Consultant

• CPB seeks to retain a professional to provide managing consultant services for its soon to be launched Financial Reporting Guidelines project.

Objectivity and Balance Research White Papers

• CPB is requesting proposals on seven mutually exclusive research topics regarding objectivity and balance in public broadcasting.

Senior Audience Research Analyst

• CPB seeks a senior audience research analyst to provide leadership and technical guidance for CPB's strategic development, analysis, understanding and application of a major quantitative research study known as the 2008 Audience Awareness, Attitudes and Usage Study.

2007 CPB Annual Report Writing, Design and Production

• This Request for Proposals is for writing, layout, design, print production, and project management of the 2007 corporate annual report.

Manager of Station-Based Election Programming Initiative

• CPB requests proposals from qualified organizations to manage the Station-Based Election Programming Initiative.

Public Radio Major Giving Plan Project Administrator

• CPB is requesting proposals from qualified organizations and/or individuals to administer and implement a Major Giving Plan for public radio stations.

American Archive Executive Summary Booklet

• Developing a communication that includes an executive summary of the first phase of the American Archive and an expectation about our next steps, which can be distributed to the public broadcasting system, other key stakeholders, and the general public.

Media Planner and Buyer for Marketing Campaign

• CPB seeks a media planning and buying firm with experience working for non-profit clients to create, coordinate and oversee a highly creative, innovative and effective paid marketing media campaign that will add value to the PBS KIDS Raising Readers Campaign.

Second Call for Proposals: Research Papers on Objectivity and Balance

• CPB is requesting proposals on two mutually exclusive research topics regarding objectivity and balance in public broadcasting.

American Archive Initiative Manager

• The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to solicit proposals to be the Initiative Manager of the American Archive Pilot Program. The Initiative Manager, working in close consultation with CPB, will coordinate and support the development, execution, and evaluation of grants to public television and radio stations for the collection, coding, digitization, and possible restoration of existing content.

Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in New Media Journalism

• This Request for Proposals is for a quick, but extensive scan and analysis of best practices in the use of digital new media in journalism, both within and outside U.S. public broadcasting and related organizations, domestically and internationally.

2008 Community Impact Report Design and Production

• A Request for Proposals for for the layout, design, print production, and project management of the 2008 Community Impact Report.

Research Study to Measure Impact of Local Content Initiative

• Design, implement, analyze and report on what impact, if any, the local mortgage crisis initiative has in up to three selected markets, the level of engagement achieved in each of the measured markets and any change in awareness of the participating public broadcasting licensee(s) that has occurred as a result of the mortgage crisis initiative.

SABS / SAS Managing Consultant

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a management consultant(s) for the SABS / SAS Management Project. The period for the Project is 24 months, July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.

Create Ready To Lead in Literacy Final Report

• CPB is hereby announcing a Request for Quote RFQ for a person or firm with experience working for non-profit clients to write, create, and design a final report summarizing the activities and lessons learned as a result of the Ready To Lead in Literacy initiative, a three-year grant investment made by CPB.

Public Media Barcamp Attendee Support

• CPB seeks a vendor to manage a project to assist up to 10 public broadcasting stations in attending the Public Media Barcamp on October 17-18, 2009 in Washington, DC, and then assist those stations in replicating the Barcamp experience in their own communities.

Project Consultant to Manage Station Online Capacity Project

• CPB seeks to engage a Consultant for a period of approximately 10 months to manage the Vendor chosen for the Station Online Capacity Project and to promote the availability of the portal to Stations and encourage their participation.

Ready to Learn Research Dissemination

• This Request for Quotes is for a person or firm with experience translating research results into easy-to-understand text for popular audiences to draft up to eight (8) media pieces that CPB can repurpose for various media outlets, stakeholders, and audiences, and write, create, design, and produce a final research report summarizing the activities and findings of the Ready To Learn Initiative.

Research Study to Measure Impact of Primetime Program Scheduling Strategy

• CPB is interested in measuring the impact of the Program Challenge Fund tent pole program scheduling strategy. To that end, CPB will order and analyze available Nielsen NSI ratings data. CPB is now seeking proposals for a research study (or studies) designed to add insight beyond the Nielsen data with respect to both the tent pole program scheduling strategy as well as the awareness, attitudes, and usage of a segment of the target audience (i.e. Hispanic television viewers).

Broadband Grants Consultant

• CPB is seeking a consultant to provide technical and strategic planning services to public broadcasting stations as they apply for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

PBCore 2.0 Development Program Manager

• CPB is seeking a Program Manager for PBCore 2.0 Development. The Program Manager must provide a complete and detailed project plan with milestones and deliverables that establishes PBCore as a public media metadata standard.

Integrated Station Information System 2.0 External Service Provider

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") seeks an External Service Provider (ESP) to provide hosting, maintenance, and development of its grant management software application services.

American Archive Strategy Consultant

• This Request for Proposals seeks a consultant to develop a technology implementation plan for the American Archive over a period of 10 months.