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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$50,411,662
Total expenses
$43,359,050
Contributions and grants received
$37,906,651
Grants paid
$5,000
Program service revenue
$7,213,797
Investment income
$5,505,119
Other revenue
-$213,905
Total assets, end of year
$99,665,255
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,243,814
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,421,441
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$29,015,100
Management and general expenses
$5,905,218
Fundraising expenses
$8,438,732
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,015,100

Program services were 66.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,292,420

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,450,873

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $32,163,358

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $655,289

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Production Underwriting

    total $3,766,414 · related or exempt $2,793,076 · unrelated business $973,338

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Sponsorship & Underwriting

    total $2,058,287 · related or exempt $917,312 · unrelated business $1,140,975

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Radio Production Programming

    total $744,027 · related or exempt $625,059 · unrelated business $118,968 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Production Services

    total $517,284 · related or exempt $231,035 · unrelated business $286,249 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Program Advertising

    total $127,785 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $127,785

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,917,368 · excluded $1,917,368

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $89,878 · unrelated business $2,400 · excluded $87,478

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,018,194 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $8,430,443 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,587,751 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,587,751 · excluded $3,587,751

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $87,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,292,420

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $405,772

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$317,972 · excluded -$317,972

  • 11a · Other revenue: Mailing List Rental

    total $9,541 · excluded $9,541

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $4,648 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,648

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,189

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,695,387 · program services $554,602 · management and general $711,788 · fundraising $428,997

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,845,088 · program services $11,295,245 · management and general $2,096,696 · fundraising $2,453,147

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $744,949 · program services $502,179 · management and general $109,842 · fundraising $132,928

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,611,053 · program services $1,757,790 · management and general $302,628 · fundraising $550,635

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,179,056 · program services $839,061 · management and general $137,505 · fundraising $202,490

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $133,481 · management and general $133,481

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $169,996 · management and general $169,996

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $245,141 · fundraising $245,141

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,000 · management and general $25,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,661,375 · program services $2,841,818 · management and general $306,304 · fundraising $1,513,253

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $492,429 · program services $454,692 · management and general $3,073 · fundraising $34,664

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,448,412 · program services $1,349,415 · management and general $31,265 · fundraising $67,732

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,398,288 · program services $296,583 · management and general $1,082,800 · fundraising $18,905

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,766,951 · program services $1,401,871 · management and general $311,047 · fundraising $54,033

  • 17 · Travel

    total $125,262 · program services $95,782 · management and general $14,459 · fundraising $15,021

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $55,973 · program services $21,107 · management and general $16,786 · fundraising $18,080

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,704 · management and general $17,704

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,435,064 · program services $1,984,945 · management and general $268,631 · fundraising $181,488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $245,789 · program services $172,052 · management and general $24,579 · fundraising $49,158

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Dues & Acquisitions

    total $5,297,061 · program services $5,297,061

  • 24b · Other expenses: Postage

    total $1,375,407 · program services $5,845 · management and general $403 · fundraising $1,369,159

  • 24c · Other expenses: Premiums

    total $1,111,105 · program services $24,875 · management and general $4,459 · fundraising $1,081,771

  • 24d · Other expenses: Membership Dues

    total $152,830 · program services $43,274 · management and general $109,271 · fundraising $285

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $121,249 · program services $71,903 · management and general $27,501 · fundraising $21,845

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,029,099 · end of year $8,139,914

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,261,649 · end of year $1,174,900

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $496,436 · end of year $449,692

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $129,459 · end of year $162,937

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $741,850 · end of year $565,844

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

    $68,732,842

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $50,172,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,138,598 · end of year $18,559,879

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $38,696,738 · end of year $42,026,573

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $21,276,104 · end of year $21,444,093

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $327,124 · end of year $327,124

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,780,934 · end of year $6,814,299

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,494,305 · end of year $3,479,693

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $393,393 · end of year $314,331

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $7,400,000 · end of year $7,400,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,145,525 · end of year $5,049,790

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,976,946 · end of year $56,955,995

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,467,822 · end of year $26,465,446

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WTTW AND WFMT ARE COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AND PRESENTING TRUSTED, BEST-IN-CLASS CONTENT FUELED BY A DISTINCTLY CHICAGO SENSIBILITY. WE ENGAGE OUR AUDIENCES BY ENTERTAINING, INSPIRING, EDUCATING AND REFLECTING A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ENRICH LIVES, ENGAGE COMMUNITIES, AND INSPIRE EXPLORATION.

  • WTTW PRODUCES LOCAL AND NATIONAL PRODUCTIONS, THAT ARE BROADCAST LOCALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AND AROUND CHICAGOLAND. OUR PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHT THE CITY AND PROVIDE CULTURAL AND INFORMATIVE CONTENTS. WTTW ALSO PRODUCES A NIGHTLY NEWS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $8,704,530 · Revenue $2,793,075

  • WTTW IS CHICAGO'S PBS MEMBER STATION COMMITTED TO CREATING AND PRESENTING UNIQUE CONTENT FOR TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA. WE ARE DEDICATED TO ENRICHING LIVES, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, AND INSPIRING EXPLORATION THROUGH OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, INNOVATION, AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING.

    Expenses $6,963,623 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $917,312

  • WFMT IS CHICAGO'S ONLY CLASSICAL RADIO STATION. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENRICHING LIVES, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, AND INSPIRING EXPLORATION THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. WFMT SHOWCASES LOCAL TALENT AND HAS A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY WITHIN CLASSICAL MUSIC.

    Expenses $3,191,661 · Revenue $625,059

  • Digital Content, Community Engagement

    Expenses $10,155,286 · Revenue $231,036

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cary D McMillan

    TREASURER & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Chris E Abbinante

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • David C Blowers

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • James H Wooten

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark A Hoppe

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee Crown

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Sandra Micek

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $752,563
    From this org
    $712,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $550,749
    Bonus
    $162,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,914
    Filer's total
    $752,563
  • Theresa O Frankiewicz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan A Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Alexandra C Nichols

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Anthony F Woodside Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Christopher P Valenti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Connie L Lindsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Daniel E Levin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • David E Zyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • David K Mabie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • David R Olivencia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Donna Van Eekeren

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Dr Ian Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Elizabeth B Yntema

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Elizabeth Duncan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Emma Rodriguez -Ayala

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Erin Clifford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Esther Et Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Gail M Elden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Gordon Segal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Graham C Grady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Hiranda S Donoghue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Howard S Dubin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • J Thomas Hurvis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Jack Brennan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • James D Firth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Jennifer L Sherman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Jessica G Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • John W Ballantine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Karen Case

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Katie Rooney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Kristin Carlson Vogen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Kristina Van Liew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Lewis Collens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Loretta L Julian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Mark B Pinsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Marshall B Front

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Nicholas Antoine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Norman R Bobins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Peter B Pond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Phillip A Alphonse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Rachel Saunders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Raymond Whitacre

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Richard W Colburn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Robert A Clifford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Robert H Baum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Robert J Washlow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Robert S Hamada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Scott J Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Shirley Welsh Ryan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Sidney Dillard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Tilden Cummings Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • William G Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • Rachel Freund

    VP OF FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $121,587
    From this org
    $108,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,995
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anne Gleason

    EVP, MARKETING AND DIGITAL

    Total calculated
    $342,830
    From this org
    $300,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,374
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,456
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,679
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,695
    Filer's total
    $342,830
  • Jill Britton

    EVP & CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $372,871
    From this org
    $336,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,023
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,818
    Filer's total
    $372,871
  • Alexander Saunders

    DIRECTOR OF SALES, WFMT

    Total calculated
    $187,925
    From this org
    $151,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,066
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $59,839
    Bonus
    $92,020
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,872
    Filer's total
    $187,925
  • Gaberiel Irimia

    ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE - EIC

    Total calculated
    $196,771
    From this org
    $157,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,101
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,670
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,140
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,961
    Filer's total
    $196,771
  • Geoffrey Baer

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $220,487
    From this org
    $187,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,753
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,734
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,753
    Filer's total
    $220,487
  • Jay Smith

    NEWS DIRECTOR, WTTW NEWS

    Total calculated
    $185,747
    From this org
    $144,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,726
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,021
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,190
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,536
    Filer's total
    $185,747
  • Michael Tompary

    SR DIRECTOR OF BROADCAST & TECH - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $190,362
    From this org
    $158,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $64,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $93,785
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,292
    Filer's total
    $190,362

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

  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
Senior Director of Broadcast and Technology received $93,785 in payments during the year.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
AS INDICATED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED INCENTIVE-BASED PAYMENTS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THESE INCENTIVE-BASED PAYMENTS ARE DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. IN ADDITION, DURING THE YEAR THE DIRECTOR OF SALES RECEIVED COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF COMMISSIONS, WHICH IS NON-FIXED IN NATURE.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202631109349300103

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