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← KALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,526,506
Total expenses
$3,928,736
Contributions and grants received
$5,435,186
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$83,122
Investment income
$1,539
Other revenue
$6,659
Total assets, end of year
$3,042,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,143,505
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,899,137
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,260,707
Management and general expenses
$349,262
Fundraising expenses
$318,767
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,260,707

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $913,983

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,521,203

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $274,409

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UNDERWRITING

    total $72,622 · related or exempt $72,622

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

    total $10,500 · related or exempt $10,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,539 · excluded $1,539

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $659 · excluded $659

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $6,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $6,000 · excluded $6,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $295,856 · program services $80,493 · management and general $98,112 · fundraising $117,251

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,136,173 · program services $1,086,216 · management and general $20,739 · fundraising $29,218

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,430 · program services $14,430

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $242,031 · program services $203,895 · management and general $18,601 · fundraising $19,535

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $84,340 · program services $69,182 · management and general $6,866 · fundraising $8,292

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,421 · management and general $2,421

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,901 · management and general $67,901

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,295,958 · program services $1,242,341 · management and general $53,617

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $103,438 · program services $9,287 · management and general $4,002 · fundraising $90,149

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $112,365 · program services $33,598 · management and general $33,233 · fundraising $45,534

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $41,774 · program services $25,134 · management and general $16,640

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,248 · program services $22,054 · management and general $1,396 · fundraising $798

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,824 · program services $20,824

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,443 · management and general $13,443

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACQUISITION

    total $451,261 · program services $451,261

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $14,283 · program services $1,992 · management and general $12,291

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $7,990 · fundraising $7,990

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $477,342 · end of year $1,260,572

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $827,025 · end of year $1,674,747

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,002 · end of year $33,817

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

    $494,442

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

    $422,468

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $78,105 · end of year $71,974

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,532

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,097,107 · end of year $1,141,973

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,532

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$413,393 · end of year -$542,256

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $714,760 · end of year $2,441,393

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY OPERATING NONCOMMERCIAL PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS OR OTHER MEDIA DISTRIBUTING NEWS, MUSIC, AND INFORMATION.

  • MISSION: KALW SERVES THE PUBLIC WITH INDEPENDENT, INNOVATIVE, AND TRUSTED LOCAL AND GLOBAL NEWS, MUSIC, AND CULTURE PROGRAMMING. THE GOAL IS TO INFORM LISTENERS, CONNECT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF THE SF BAY AREA, AND HELP TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC MEDIA MAKERS.KALW HAS AN INCREDIBLE, 80-YEAR HISTORY AND A PROMISING FUTURE BUILT ON DECADES OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, LISTENERS, LEADERS, DONORS, PROGRAMMERS, AND PRODUCERS. WE BEGAN BROADCASTING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1941 A FULL THIRTY YEARS BEFORE THE CREATION OF NPR. OUR BROADCAST LICENSE WAS OBTAINED AND CONTINUES TO BE HELD BY THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. KALW CREATED THE FIRST FM BROADCAST TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY AND IT TRAINED WOMEN IN RADIO BROADCASTING DURING WORLD WAR II. KALW CONTINUES THIS TRADITION WITH THE AUDIO ACADEMY, A 10-MONTH, TUITION-FREE JOURNALISM TRAINING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ITS SUMMER PODCAST ACADEMY FOR TEENS AND ITS UNCUFFED RADIO TRAINING PROGRAM INSIDE SAN QUENTIN AND SOLANO STATE PRISONS. KALW HAS A TRACK RECORD OF PROGRAMMING INNOVATION: IT WAS THE FIRST STATION IN THE BAY AREA TO AIR FRESH AIR, THIS AMERICAN LIFE, SNAP JUDGEMENT AND THE DAILY. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST STATION TO AIR THE BBC IN THE BAY AREA AND THE BBC'S STATION OF RECORD IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR DECADES. KALW IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF 99 PERCENT INVISIBLE AND RADIO AMBULANTE, AND SNAP JUDGEMENT'S GLYNN WASHINGTON RECORDED HIS SHOW'S DEMOS AT KALW'S STUDIOS. THE ORIGINS OF EAR HUSTLE CAN ALSO BE TRACED TO KALW'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AT SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON.THE STATION HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIGH-QUALITY, SOCIALLY MINDED RADIO FROM ITS INCEPTION. IT REMAINS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE BAY AREA AND ITS CULTURE. THE EXPANSION INTO KALW@25THSTREET IN OAKLAND FOR THE NEW DJ LINEUP IS A TESTAMENT TO ITS DEDICATION TO ALL NINE BAY AREA COUNTIES WHERE IT BROADCASTS. KALW BELIEVES IN CREATING AND BROADCASTING STORIES THAT ARE SOCIAL-JUSTICE MINDED AND SOLUTIONS-ORIENTED.WITH ITS DIVERSE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF, AND THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, KALW PUBLIC MEDIA IS ON A MISSION TO INSPIRE AUDIENCES AND TELL THE HUMAN STORY IN ALL ITS BREADTH AND RICHNESS. JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND COMMUNITY CREATION ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING KALW DOES.THE STATION IS SHAPING PUBLIC MEDIA'S FUTURE BY BUILDING UPON ITS LEGACY FOR INNOVATION AND WHAT'S NEXT, AS WELL AS BY TRAINING, NURTURING AND AMPLIFYING LOCAL VOICES AND MAKERS. THE STATION WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT AND SHOWCASE THE BEST FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, AND SERVE AS AN ESSENTIAL AND TRUSTED SOURCE FOR NEWS, MUSIC, CULTURE, PODCASTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $3,260,707 · Revenue $83,122

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • LAURA SAPONARA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN TREFNY

    SECRETARY/INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $144,070
    From this org
    $142,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,567
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOSEPH CREITZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARLEY DUBOIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HONG MEI PANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN IKEDA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYUNG JIN LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTINA CASTRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUBBU VINCENT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON CARROLL

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $117,257
    From this org
    $110,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,174
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROSE AGUILAR

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $125,017
    From this org
    $123,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,675
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441369349316464

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