In September 2005, Congress agreed to increase the annual financing for Deepwater to nearly $1 billion.

In 1993, the foundation secured $500,000 in annual financing from the forestry service for a five-year commitment to start the project.

The corporation, a private nonprofit entity, provides almost $400 million in annual financing from Congress for public radio and television.

Authorizes $40 million in annual vocational financing to establish and test high schools in low-income areas around the country.

The league gets nearly 20 percent of its $5.2 million in annual financing from the city; the rest comes from private sources.

Although New York State has 26 such programs, most have less than $25,000 in annual financing and find it hard to publicize their services.

That money will be added to its annual financing of $7.7 million.

The chief judge also called for $75 million in new annual financing of the system, phased in over the next three years.

He said theministry wanted to continue the project for at least five years, but the annual financing probably would be far less than in the first year.

Its total annual financing comes to less than $1 million.