Title: History of Sesame Street
Content: Morrisett, who was responsible for fundraising, procured additional grants from the United States federal government, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Ford Foundation for the CTW's initial budget, which totaled $8 million; obtaining funding from this combination of government agencies and private foundations protected the CTW from economic pressures experienced by commercial networks. "Sesame Street" was an expensive program to produce because the creators decided they needed to compete with other programs that invested in professional, high quality production. The producers spent eighteen months preparing the new show, something unprecedented in children's television. The show had an "impressive" budget

Title: Sesame Street
Content: Davis Foundations, CPB, and the Ford Foundation. Davis reported that Cooney and Morrisett decided that if they did not procure full funding from the beginning, they would drop the idea of producing the show. As Lesser reported, funds gained from a combination of government agencies and private foundations protected them from the economic pressures experienced by commercial broadcast television networks, but created challenges in procuring future funding. After "Sesame Street"s initial success, its producers began to think about its survival beyond its development and first season and decided to explore other funding sources. From the first season, they understood that

Title: Sesame Street
Content: the source of their funding, which they considered "seed" money, would need to be replaced. The 1970s were marked by conflicts between the CTW and the federal government; in 1978, the U.S. Department of Education refused to deliver a $2 million check until the last day of CTW's fiscal year. As a result, the CTW decided to depend upon licensing arrangements with toy companies and other manufacturers, publishing, and international sales for their funding. In 1998, the CTW accepted corporate sponsorship to raise funds for "Sesame Street" and other projects. For the first time, they allowed short advertisements by indoor

Title: History of Sesame Street
Content: show was financed by a $50,000 grant from Xerox. Written by Stone and produced by CTW publicist Bob Hatch, it was taped the day before it aired. "Newsday" called the preview "a unique display of cooperation between commercial and noncommercial broadcasters". "Sesame Street" premiered November 10, 1969. It was widely praised for its originality, and was well received by parents as well as children. The show reached only 67.6% of the nation, but earned a 3.3 Nielsen rating, meaning 1.9 million households and 7 million children watched it each day. In "Sesame Street's" first season, the ETS reported that children

Title: Sesame Workshop
Content: in the federal budget, but by 1981, government funding for "Sesame Street" had been terminated. For the first time, a public broadcasting series had the potential to earn a great deal of money. Immediately after its premiere, "Sesame Street "gained attention from marketers, so the Workshop explored sources such as licensing arrangements, publishing, and international sales, and became, as Cooney envisioned, a "multiple media institution". Licensing became the foundation of, as writer Louise Gikow stated, the Sesame Workshop endowment, which had the potential to fund the organization and future productions and projects. Muppet creator Jim Henson owned the trademarks to

Question: Who first funded Sesame Street?
Answer: Children's Television Workshop