(WAND) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, announced Friday that it will begin an "orderly wind-down" of its operations after Congress cut its funding.

The CPB said in an Aug. 1 press release that the majority of its staff positions will end with the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. There will also be a small transition team that will remain through January 2026.

The organization did not say how many employees will be laid off.

The news comes a few weeks after Congress passed a package of spending cuts, which included cancelling $1.1 billion in funding for the CPB .

CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison said that the organization "remains committed" to supporting its partners throughout the transition.

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