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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JOAN GANZ COONEY CENTER FOREDUCATIONAL MEDIA AND RESEARCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$791,763
Total expenses
$1,979,234
Contributions and grants received
$266,578
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$334,779
Investment income
$190,406
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,156,696
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,397,574
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,759,122
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,432,189
Management and general expenses
$400,497
Fundraising expenses
$146,548
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,432,189

Program services were 72.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $266,578

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DESIGN WELL, PLAY WELL

    total $196,259 · related or exempt $196,259

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SUPPORT

    total $138,520 · related or exempt $138,520

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $64 · excluded $64

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,175,540

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

    securities $1,985,198

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $190,342

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $190,342 · excluded $190,342

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $439,066 · program services $285,393 · management and general $65,860 · fundraising $87,813

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $540,172 · program services $459,146 · management and general $54,017 · fundraising $27,009

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $151,901 · program services $129,116 · management and general $15,190 · fundraising $7,595

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $80,419 · management and general $80,419

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $136,925 · management and general $136,925

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $284,419 · program services $256,682 · management and general $18,492 · fundraising $9,245

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $429 · program services $429

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,898 · program services $41,563 · management and general $4,890 · fundraising $2,445

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $89,817 · program services $76,344 · management and general $8,982 · fundraising $4,491

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,632 · program services $88,937 · management and general $10,463 · fundraising $5,232

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,833 · program services $44,058 · management and general $5,183 · fundraising $2,592

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $757 · program services $643 · management and general $76 · fundraising $38

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $41,608 · program services $41,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION SERVICES

    total $6,242 · program services $6,242

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $1,755 · program services $1,667 · fundraising $88

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $361 · program services $361

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,185,677 · end of year $543,520

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $211,405 · end of year $261,754

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,665,514 · end of year $7,222,481

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $23,023,422 · end of year $22,128,941

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $143,007 · end of year $110,901

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $47,229 · end of year $12,992

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,646,339 · end of year $5,273,681

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,249,443 · end of year $24,759,122

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE CHILDREN'S LEARNING THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,432,189 · Revenue $334,779

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Youngwood

    DIRECTOR (THRU 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $1,066,294
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,025,307
    Other
    $40,987
    Hours/week
    1 + 62.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $778,378 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $244,635 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,294 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,987 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,066,294 related

  • Sherrie Rollins Westin

    CEO/PRESIDENT OF SESAME WORKSHOP

    Total calculated
    $894,684
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $858,697
    Other
    $35,987
    Hours/week
    1 + 64 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $647,804 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $202,457 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,436 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,987 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $894,684 related

  • Michael Levine

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • David Byer

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/2/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joan Ganz Cooney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Esteban Sosnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Hina Talib

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/2/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ellen Wartella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Preston

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JGC CENTER

    Total calculated
    $439,065
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $340,805
    Other
    $98,260
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $271,804 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $68,186 related
    Other
    $0 + $815 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,624 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $69,636 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $439,065 related

  • Brett Robinson

    TREASURER/CFO OF SESAME WORKSHOP

    Total calculated
    $517,505
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $449,850
    Other
    $67,655
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 62.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $379,306 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $69,238 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,306 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $63,905 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $517,505 related

  • Valerie Mitchell-Johnston

    SECRETARY (AS OF 7/2023)

    Total calculated
    $496,499
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $393,581
    Other
    $102,918
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $317,783 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $74,340 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,458 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $69,918 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $496,499 related

  • Joseph Salvo

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $348,304
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $312,288
    Other
    $36,016
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $206,170 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $99,840 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,278 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,216 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $348,304 related

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

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 7
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J OF THE JOAN GANZ COONEY CENTER'S FORM 990, ONLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE CENTER (AND YET RECEIVE A W-2 FROM SESAME WORKSHOP, ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATION). THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATES IN SESAME WORKSHOP'S TARGETED INCENTIVE PROGRAM, AS DO THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J. THE TARGETED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AMOUNT REPORTED FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF JOB LEVEL, INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AND COMPANY PERFORMANCE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SESAME WORKSHOP DETERMINES WHETHER INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR A GIVEN YEAR AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR INCENTIVE COMPENSATION.

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.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SESAME WORKSHOP EUROPE GMBH

    C · EDU. MEDIA · GM

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME WORKHSOP LATIN AMERICA SDE RL DE CV

    C · EDU. MEDIA · MX

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME WORKSHOP EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA NPC

    C · EDU. MEDIA · SF

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME STREET BRAND MGMT & SVC SHANGHAI

    C · EDU. MEDIA · CH

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET JAPAN GK

    C · EDU. MEDIA · JA

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME WORKSHOP INITIATIVES (INDIA) PLC

    C · EDU. MEDIA · IN

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • CTW COMMUNICATIONS INC

    C · HOLDING · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 51 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 52 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 53 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 54 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 55 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 56 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · TV PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME SERVICES FP INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349307932

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