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.
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1d · Related organizations
$105,529
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$75,575
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$449,845
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3 · Investment income
total $1,582,572 · excluded $1,582,572
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5 · Royalties
total $211,366 · excluded $211,366
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11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON EARLY TERMINATION OF LEAS
total $2,766,415 · excluded $2,766,415
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,766,415
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $175,783,056 · program services $175,783,056
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,166,294 · management and general $1,166,294
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $117,850 · management and general $117,850
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,138,851 · program services $53,154 · management and general $2,085,697
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $118,793 · program services $9,105 · management and general $109,688
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $5,952 · program services $5,952
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $400,682 · program services $7,364 · management and general $393,318
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,217,171 · program services $1,197,670 · management and general $1,019,501
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,279 · management and general $8,279
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11g · Fees: other
total $264,130 · management and general $264,130
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $617 · management and general $617
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13 · Office expenses
total $161,071 · management and general $161,071
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14 · Information technology
total $161,660 · program services $2,266 · management and general $159,394
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16 · Occupancy
total $9,250,093 · management and general $9,250,093
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17 · Travel
total $9,987 · management and general $9,987
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,106 · management and general $8,106
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,534,514 · management and general $1,534,514
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23 · Insurance
total $610,337 · management and general $610,337
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24e · All other expenses
total $66,726 · management and general $66,726
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,116,569 · end of year $0
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $215,863,388 · end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,597,909 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $8,220,000 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,203,070 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,534,514 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $35,047,908 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $11,377,192 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $10,801,088
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $64,993,320
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $14,231,326 · end of year $0
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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.
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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
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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
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Ruby CalvertRUBY CALVERT
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $3,300
- From this org
- $3,300
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Elizabeth SemblerELIZABETH SEMBLER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $1,200
- From this org
- $1,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Diane KaplanDIANE KAPLAN
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $4,500
- From this org
- $4,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Miriam HellreichMIRIAM HELLREICH
BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/26)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Patricia De Stacy HarrisonPATRICIA 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
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Kathleen MerrittKATHLEEN 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
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Debra Sanchez Evp Gov'T ExtDEBRA 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
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Evan Slavitt SvpEVAN 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
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Daryl MintzDARYL 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
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Clayton Barsoum Evp Govt ExtCLAYTON 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
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Kathryn WashingtonKATHRYN 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
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Stephen P WolfeSTEPHEN 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
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Deborah CarrDEBORAH 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
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Michael Fragale Vp GenMICHAEL 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
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William J Richardson IIIWILLIAM 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
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Cara DalrympleCARA 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
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Teresa SafonTERESA 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
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Michael LevyMICHAEL 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
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$46,999,651
PUBINT
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$38,962,000
PUBINT
-
$19,211,287
TVPRG
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BROADCAST MUSIC INC
$7,665,000
OSS
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MCGEE MEDIA LLC
$6,000,000
TVPRG
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INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE INC
$4,441,624
TVPRG
-
$4,000,000
TVPRG
-
$2,993,031
TVPRG
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KOAHNIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION
$2,500,000
RPRG
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$2,125,000
OSS
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.
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501(C)(3) · CLASSIC FILMS · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by CPB
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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