Help Us #ProtectUSF on Every Front

This year, the programs that bring affordable broadband to America’s schools, libraries and health clinics came under challenge from every direction.

A new lawsuit targeted the Universal Service Fund (USF). The FCC opened reviews of both E-Rate and Rural Health Care, and for the first time in nearly 30 years, it asked whether E-Rate should exist at all.

These programs keep students learning, patients getting care and communities connected, with the most help going where the need is greatest.

This Giving Tuesday, December 1, help us raise $25,000 to protect the USF.

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SHLB is meeting the challenge on all three fronts.

• In the courts: After winning at the Supreme Court in 2025, we went back to court this year to defend USF and the programs it supports.
• At the FCC: We led a national coalition to defend E-Rate, showing that ending it would cost the economy $4.2 billion a year. We also pushed to make Rural Health Care simpler and stronger, not smaller.
• In Congress: We made sure lawmakers heard directly from the schools, libraries and clinics in their districts.

The fight isn’t over. The court challenge continues, the FCC’s decisions on both programs are still ahead, and Congress will be watching in 2027.

Your unrestricted gift lets SHLB move fast wherever the next threat appears. Stand with the schools, libraries and clinics that anchor your community. Give today.

SHLB is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN# 46-0974412. Donations to are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.