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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,191,302
Total expenses
$194,024,169
Contributions and grants received
$630,949
Grants paid
$175,783,056
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,582,572
Other revenue
$2,977,781
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$177,058,567
Management and general expenses
$16,965,602
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$177,058,567

Program services were 91.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $105,529

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,575

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $449,845

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,582,572 · excluded $1,582,572

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $211,366 · excluded $211,366

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON EARLY TERMINATION OF LEAS

    total $2,766,415 · excluded $2,766,415

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,766,415

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $175,783,056 · program services $175,783,056

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,166,294 · management and general $1,166,294

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $117,850 · management and general $117,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,138,851 · program services $53,154 · management and general $2,085,697

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $118,793 · program services $9,105 · management and general $109,688

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,952 · program services $5,952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $400,682 · program services $7,364 · management and general $393,318

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,217,171 · program services $1,197,670 · management and general $1,019,501

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,279 · management and general $8,279

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $264,130 · management and general $264,130

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $617 · management and general $617

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $161,071 · management and general $161,071

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $161,660 · program services $2,266 · management and general $159,394

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,250,093 · management and general $9,250,093

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,987 · management and general $9,987

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,106 · management and general $8,106

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,534,514 · management and general $1,534,514

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $610,337 · management and general $610,337

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $66,726 · management and general $66,726

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,116,569 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $215,863,388 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,597,909 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,220,000 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,203,070 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,534,514 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,047,908 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,377,192 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,801,088

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $64,993,320

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $14,231,326 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $187,934,816 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO NON-COMMERCIAL, HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT AND TELECOM SERVICES.

  • GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM - SEE SCHEDULE O-COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS: THESE WERE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS MADE TO QUALIFIED PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.-PUBLIC BROADCASTING INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM: FUNDING WAS UTILIZED TO MAINTAIN AND MODERNIZE PUBLIC TELEVISION AND PUBLIC RADIO INTERCONNECTION SYSTEMS AND TO CREATE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM. INTERCONNECTION SYSTEMS ARE THE SET OF TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS REQUIRED TO EXCHANGE CONTENT AND METADATA BETWEEN CONTENT PRODUCERS, AGGREGATORS AND STATIONS.-FEMA NEXT GENERATION WARNING SYSTEM ("NGWS") INCLUDED GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO HELP PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS REPLACE AND UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE ALERT, WARNING, AND INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS, CREATING A MORE RESILIENT AND SECURE PUBLIC ALERTING SYSTEM. THE PROGRAM PRIORITIZED PUBLIC MEDIA STATIONS SERVING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY IN RURAL AND TRIBAL AREAS. FEMA AWARDED CPB $136.0 MILLION IN TOTAL - $40.0 MILLION WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF FISCAL YEARS 2023-2025, $56.0 MILLION WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF FISCAL YEARS 2024-2026, AND $40.0 MILLION WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF FISCAL YEARS 2025-2027. AFTER CONGRESS ELIMINATED ALL ITS FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS, CPB COULD NO LONGER PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT REQUIRED TO MANAGE THE NGWS AWARDS AND IT NOTIFIED FEMA OF ITS INTENT TO TERMINATE THE AWARDS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15, 2025. CPB ISSUED NO SUBAWARDS FROM THESE GRANTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2026; NGWS EXPENSES THIS FISCAL YEAR CONSISTED SOLELY OF INTERNAL COSTS FOR FINAL REPORTING AND CLOSEOUT. -OTHER SYSTEM SUPPORT REPRESENTED EXPENSES FOR THE GENERAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INCLUDING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC BROADCASTING. FUNDED ACTIVITIES INCLUDED GRANTS TO QUALIFIED PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS TO HELP OPERATE THEIR INTERCONNECTION SYSTEMS, GRANTS TO FACILITATE MERGERS AND OTHER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, MUSIC ROYALTY FEES PAID ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND VARIOUS OTHER SYSTEM-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS.

    Expenses $119,073,567 · Grants $117,798,056

  • DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF HIGH QUALITY NEW AND INNOVATIVE TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMING - SEE SCHEDULE O.-TELEVISION PROGRAMMING REPRESENTED EXPENSES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF HIGH-QUALITY NATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMING AND PROJECTS WITH EDUCATIONAL OR CULTURAL VALUE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE SUPPORTED BY THE MARKETPLACE.-RADIO PROGRAM FUND REPRESENTED EXPENSES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY, NEW AND INNOVATIVE RADIO SERVICES AND SERIES, THE WORK OF INDEPENDENT RADIO PRODUCERS, PROGRAMMING FOR UNDERSERVED OR UNSERVED AUDIENCES, INNOVATIVE CONTENT FORMS AND PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE.NATIONAL PROGRAM PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION GRANTS WERE RESTRICTED GRANTS MADE TO QUALIFIED PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS THAT HAD TO BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION, ACQUISITION, PROMOTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMS THAT ARE OF HIGH QUALITY, CREATIVE AND REFLECT SOCIETY'S DIVERSITY.

    Expenses $57,985,000 · Grants $57,985,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ruby Calvert

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $3,300
    From this org
    $3,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elizabeth Sembler

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $1,200
    From this org
    $1,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Diane Kaplan

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $4,500
    From this org
    $4,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Miriam Hellreich

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia De Stacy Harrison

    PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 02/26)

    Total calculated
    $628,536
    From this org
    $467,486
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $161,050
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,794
    Bonus
    $217,175
    Other
    $6,517
    Deferred
    $140,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,050
    Filer's total
    $628,536
  • Kathleen Merritt

    EVP & COO (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $574,055
    From this org
    $467,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,473
    Bonus
    $130,380
    Other
    $103,938
    Deferred
    $76,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,811
    Filer's total
    $574,055
  • Debra Sanchez Evp Gov'T Ext

    AFF. & ACTING CORP. SEC. (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $734,725
    From this org
    $604,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $130,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,150
    Bonus
    $120,502
    Other
    $260,878
    Deferred
    $91,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,195
    Filer's total
    $734,725
  • Evan Slavitt Svp

    GENERAL COUNSEL (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $481,368
    From this org
    $393,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,979
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,313
    Bonus
    $35,250
    Other
    $143,826
    Deferred
    $55,832
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,147
    Filer's total
    $481,368
  • Daryl Mintz

    CFO & TREASURER (THRU 02/26)

    Total calculated
    $496,174
    From this org
    $408,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,486
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,630
    Bonus
    $64,467
    Other
    $108,591
    Deferred
    $39,341
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,145
    Filer's total
    $496,174
  • Clayton Barsoum Evp Govt Ext

    AFFAIRS & ACTING CORP SEC (BEG 12/25, THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $253,942
    From this org
    $203,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,576
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,691
    Bonus
    $37,241
    Other
    $9,434
    Deferred
    $35,303
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,273
    Filer's total
    $253,942
  • Kathryn Washington

    SVP, TELEVISION CONTENT (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $519,106
    From this org
    $422,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96,754
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,580
    Bonus
    $50,312
    Other
    $153,460
    Deferred
    $74,843
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,911
    Filer's total
    $519,106
  • Stephen P Wolfe

    CTO & SVP, INFO. TECH. (THRU 02/26)

    Total calculated
    $573,807
    From this org
    $451,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $122,625
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,350
    Bonus
    $57,200
    Other
    $172,632
    Deferred
    $79,248
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,377
    Filer's total
    $573,807
  • Deborah Carr

    SVP, OP. & STRAT. (THRU 12/25)

    Total calculated
    $619,279
    From this org
    $501,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,215
    Bonus
    $49,590
    Other
    $258,731
    Deferred
    $70,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,743
    Filer's total
    $619,279
  • Michael Fragale Vp Gen

    MNGR, ED STRAT. & CONT. (THRU 01/26)

    Total calculated
    $475,382
    From this org
    $407,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,787
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,949
    Bonus
    $49,604
    Other
    $165,042
    Deferred
    $49,213
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,574
    Filer's total
    $475,382
  • William J Richardson III

    SR. DIR & DEPUTY INSP. GEN. (THRU 09/25)

    Total calculated
    $396,151
    From this org
    $366,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,218
    Bonus
    $32,924
    Other
    $181,334
    Deferred
    $27,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,889
    Filer's total
    $396,151
  • Cara Dalrymple

    VP, HR (THRU 02/26)

    Total calculated
    $408,615
    From this org
    $322,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,524
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,981
    Bonus
    $43,752
    Other
    $106,358
    Deferred
    $44,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,469
    Filer's total
    $408,615
  • Teresa Safon

    FORMER SVP, CORP SEC & CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $768,941
    From this org
    $624,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $144,714
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $74,485
    Bonus
    $84,515
    Other
    $465,227
    Deferred
    $138,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,114
    Filer's total
    $768,941
  • Michael Levy

    FORMER EVP & COO

    Total calculated
    $728,275
    From this org
    $583,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $144,714
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $74,485
    Bonus
    $84,515
    Other
    $424,561
    Deferred
    $138,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,114
    Filer's total
    $728,275

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL CPB'S TRAVEL POLICY PERMITTED BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS TO TRAVEL BUSINESS CLASS, OR FIRST CLASS WHEN BUSINESS CLASS FARES WERE NOT AVAILABLE, FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WHERE FLIGHT TIMES EXCEEDED THREE HOURS.
PART I, LINE 4A
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HARRISON, TAYMAN AND SMITHERS, ALL INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN SCHEDULE J RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025. SEVERANCE PAYMENTS ARE REPORTED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, COLUMN (B)(III) AND ARE AS FOLLOWS: SAFON: $245,588 LEVY: $245,588 CARR: $208,458 WOLFE: $171,642 SANCHEZ: $161,520 FRAGALE: $157,164 RICHARDSON: $154,526 WASHINGTON: $149,103 DALRYMPLE: $103,881 MINTZ: $102,328 SLAVITT: $99,581 MERRITT: $99,581 BARSOUM: $8,988 THE SEVERANCE WAS BASED UPON A LONG ESTABLISHED AND PUBLISHED CORPORATE POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES SEPARATED FROM EMPLOYMENT DUE TO REORGANIZATION OR A REDUCTION IN FORCE. THE POLICY ALLOWED FOR PAYMENT EQUIVALENT TO ONE-HALF DAY OF SALARY FOR EACH MONTH OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE UP TO 36 MONTHS OF SERVICE AND ONE DAY OF SALARY FOR EACH MONTH OF SERVICE IN EXCESS OF 36 MONTHS OF SERVICE WITH THE TOTAL PAYMENT CAPPED AT 52 WEEKS OF PAY.
PART I, LINE 7
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION THE COMPENSATION OF CPB'S OFFICERS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF CPB'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CPB'S OFFICERS AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PAID COMPENSATION, INCLUDING INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DETERMINED BY A NUMBER OF VARIABLES. THE VARIABLES INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO, INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS ORGANIZATION OPERATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WAS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT. OFFICERS' INCENTIVE COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS PART OF THE OVERALL COMPENSATION REVIEW OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B (II). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION IS DISCUSSED IN SCHEDULE O.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

This return attached Schedule N but itemized no distributions.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202620799349301407

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