As a result of Cooney's proposal, the Carnegie Corporation awarded her a $1 million grant in 1968 to establish the Children's Television Workshop (CTW)[35] to provide support to the creative staff of the new show.[36] Morrisett, who was responsible for fundraising,[37] 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;[3][38] obtaining funding from this combination of government agencies and private foundations protected the CTW from economic pressures experienced by commercial networks.[39] 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.[40]