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← SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,513,429
Total expenses
$2,475,039
Contributions and grants received
$2,290,227
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$222,651
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$551
Total assets, end of year
$681,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$161,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$519,439
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,377,295
Management and general expenses
$97,744
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,377,295

Program services were 96.1% 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

    $2,290,227

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Prog.serv.revenue-Related-990

    total $222,651 · related or exempt $222,651

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $551 · excluded $551

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $21,942 · management and general $21,942

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,400 · management and general $10,400

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,285 · management and general $2,285

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $234 · management and general $234

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,447 · management and general $2,447

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,014 · management and general $12,014

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $45,104 · management and general $45,104

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $514 · program services $0 · management and general $514 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,397 · management and general $3,397

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,950 · management and general $6,950

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,826 · program services $6,220 · management and general $5,606

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Production

    total $2,290,227 · program services $2,290,227

  • 24b · Other expenses: Distance Education

    total $80,848 · program services $80,848

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $6,342 · management and general $6,342

  • 24d · Other expenses: Grant Management Fees

    total -$19,491 · management and general -$19,491

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,556 · end of year $4,780

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,145 · end of year $5,508

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,293 · end of year $6,383

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $590,210 · end of year $664,533

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129,155 · end of year $161,765

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $453,154 · end of year $491,544

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,895 · end of year $27,895

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc. ("SCEC") supports and promotes educational public media activities in South Carolina and across the United States, including the development and creation of original content for broadcast and educational purposes. THE ACTIVITIES OF SCEC HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO ASSIST AND FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE ETV ENDOWMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. SCEC ALSO ENGAGES IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc. supports and promotes educational public media activities in South Carolina and across the United States, including the development and creation of original content for broadcast and educational purposes.

  • TELEVISION PRODUCTION EXPENSES: SCEC produces and/or presents programs used by South Carolina ETV for broadcast locally on SCETV's four statewide channels and nationally on PBS and its affiliate stations. These programs are funded in part by restricted grants from foundations, corporations and individuals as well as governmental entities. SCEC, along with the ETV Endowment of South Carolina and SCETV, also contributes substantial in-kind gifts to ensure program completion and distribution. During FY25, 27 programs were in production. Since its founding in 1982, SCEC has managed more than $122 million in restricted program production grants.

    Expenses $2,146,722

  • ANCILLARY - DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS: South Carolina Educational Communications partners with Converse University, an accredited, liberal arts university, to offer 18 online graduate-level mathematics courses. These courses are intended for certified teachers who are seeking recertification and include graduate-level mathematical pedagogy and math content for the elementary, middle and secondary teacher. A limited number of these courses can also be used toward a graduate degree at Converse University. SCEC also offers an additional 15 online professional development mathematics courses for teacher advancement credit. During FY25, SCEC processed a total of 208 graduate level and 43 professional development course registrations.

    Expenses $80,848 · Revenue $222,651

  • RADIO PRODUCTION EXPENSES: SCEC produces and/or presents programs used by South Carolina Public Radio for broadcast locally on SC Public Radio's nine radio stations and nationally on NPR and its affiliate stations. These programs are funded in part by restricted grants from foundations, corporations and individuals as well as governmental entities. SCEC, along with the ETV Endowment of South Carolina and SC Public Radio, also contributes substantial in-kind gifts to ensure program completion and distribution. Since its founding in 1982, SCEC has managed more than $122 million in restricted program production grants. In FY25, six programs were in production. Programs included "Walter Edgar's Journal", "ColaJazz", "Rapp on Jazz", "Shortwave Kitsch", "Rooted Rhythm "Who What When".

    Expenses $68,285

  • SCEC supports the production of educational website content that documents our state's history.

    Expenses $81,440

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cal Land

    Vice-Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert M Rainey

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Fisher

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dick McCoy

    Board Member - Retired

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Sellers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James E Brogdon Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jo Watson Hackl

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • McLeod Williamson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria J Killen

    Board Member - Retired

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • W M Self Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Coby C Latham CPA CFRE

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $308,701
    From this org
    $12,320
    From related orgs
    $268,576
    Other
    $27,805
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,320 + $234,858 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $33,717 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $639 + $13,602 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,564 related
    Filer's total
    $12,959 + $295,741 related

  • Lauren Chivers

    Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $190,724
    From this org
    $7,965
    From related orgs
    $163,859
    Other
    $18,900
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $7,965 + $144,938 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $18,921 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $406 + $8,662 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,832 related
    Filer's total
    $8,371 + $182,353 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202523189349311132

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