Medical Assistance
Medical bills and long-term recoveries expenses can leave a family in desperate need of help. The BFOA provides monthly grants to broadcasters unable to work due to a severe illness or accident.
Disaster Relief
When natural disasters hit a community, broadcasters are some of the first on the scene. The BFOA provides emergency grants to broadcasters who need financial help recovering from disaster.
Academic Programs
To celebrates the power of broadcasting and encourage the next generation of broadcasters to enter our amazing industry, we launched our BFOA Internship and BFOA Scholarship programs.
The BFOA has provided support to broadcasters in more than 45 states & territories, including Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.
We provide aid to employees in all broadcast positions at over 200 broadcasting companies, from the Big Four to small, family-owned stations.
Over the past 20 years, the BFOA has distributed more than $20 million to our radio and television broadcasting colleagues in need.