On Giving Tuesday, Please Consider The Broadcasters Foundation

During this holiday giving season, you have many options of incredible foundations to support.

Please consider giving to the Broadcasters Foundation of America — the only charity dedicated to supporting TV and Radio professionals in financial need.

“Whatever charity opens your heart, we urge you to give back if you can,” the Broadcasters Foundation shares.

For Katz Media Group, the choice was to support the BFA.

The nation’s largest media sales organization has raised more than $47,000 for the Foundation during its 12th annual companywide membership drive, bringing the total amount raised by Katz to nearly $450,000 since the drive’s inception.

Now in its twelfth year, all money raised during Katz’s annual two-week campaign goes toward the Stu Olds Memorial Fund, which commemorates Katz’s former CEO and directly helps a broadcasting colleague in need. Olds, as well as Katz’s current CEO, Mark Gray, and Katz Television Group President Leo MacCourtney, have served on the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Gray said, “As a longstanding board member, I have seen first-hand how the money raised helps broadcasters facing challenging times. I’m incredibly proud of the enormous generosity of the Katz team and their continued support to honor Stu’s legacy and give back to those in our industry who need it most.”

MacCourtney added, “As a board member, I strongly believe in the Foundation’s mission to help broadcasters who have fallen on hard times.  The Katz team has been a tremendous supporter of the Foundation, and we are proud to continue that tradition.”

Tim McCarthy, President of the Broadcasters Foundation of America, expressed thanks to “the wonderful employees of Katz enough for their steadfast commitment to the Foundation. The management team at Katz is truly committed to supporting broadcasters in need.”

Donating is easy. Simply click here and a new window will open. That didn’t work, copy and paste the following website address into a new browser: http://broadcastersfoundation.org/donate/.

The mission of the Broadcasters Foundation of America is to improve the quality of life and maintain the personal dignity of men and women in the radio and television broadcast profession who find themselves in acute financial need due to a critical illness, accident, advanced age, natural disaster or other serious misfortune.

Personal Donations to the Guardian Fund or Corporate Donations to the Angel Initiative are accepted at this time.

Broadcasters Foundation of America Officers