Funding for Arthur comes from a variety of corporate sponsors and foundations. During a typical broadcast on PBS, short bumpers from each sponsor are shown before and after the show.
Funding
Production funding has been provided by the following:
- National Endowment for Children's Educational Television (seasons 1-2)[1][2]
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (seasons 1-2)
- Ready to Learn Television Cooperative Agreement (seasons 5-7, 9)
- United States Department of Education (seasons 4-7, 9)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (seasons 1-3, 8)
- "Viewers Like You" (all seasons)
Sponsors
Sponsorships are not specific to any particular season, but rather they support the series as a whole, including current episodes and reruns. As of 2025, Arthur has no ongoing corporate sponsorships.
- Libby's Juicy Juice (1996-2004)
- Polaroid (1996-1998)
- Baby Gap (1996-2000)
- Post Alpha Bits (1999-2004)
- Lego (2000-2002)
- Chuck E. Cheese's (2002-2015)
- Teddy Grahams (2004)
- Rhodes 60 Second Cinnamon Rolls (2004-2005)
- Dannon Danimals (2006)
- Hefty Zoo Pals (2008-2009)
- CVS Caremark "All Kids Can" (2008-2009)[3][4][5]
- ABCmouse.com (2016–2022)
- IKEA (2019, 2020, 2021-2024, 2025)
References
- ↑ https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/otiahome/necet/f93nawd.html
- ↑ https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/otiahome/necet/f95nawd.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170108224841/http://sgptv.org:80/media/sponsor/success_story_pdf/Success_Stories-CVS-Arthur_Final_040116.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160818061700/http://www.sgptv.org/media/sponsor/success_story_pdf/CVS_Arthur_Case_020510.pdf
- ↑ https://www.sgptv.org/media/sponsor/success_story_pdf/Success_Stories-CVS-Arthur-PBS-Sponsor.pdf (dead link)