Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,248,702

Total expenses

$1,279,755

Contributions and grants received

$1,248,702

Grants paid

$1,263,049

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$280,744

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$280,744

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,263,049

Management and general expenses

$16,706

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,263,049

Program services were 98.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• DURING FY23 KUAC FRIENDS GROUP SUPPORTED THE BROADCAST SERVICES OF KUAC FM AND TV, PROVIDING PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT INTERIOR ALASKA ON ONE RADIO CHANNEL AND SIX TELEVISION CHANNELS TO OVER 100,000 ALASKANS IN THE STATE AND BEYOND. KUAC FRIENDS GROUP SUPPORTS KUAC FM AND KUAC TV'S ABILITY TO EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE ALASKANS OF ALL AGES BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMING 24 HOURS A DAY/SEVEN DAYS A WEEK/365 DAYS A YEAR. KUAC'S BROADCAST SIGNALS ORIGINATE IN FAIRBANKS AND FEED FM TRANSLATORS IN NOME, TOK, HEALY, NENANA, DELTA JUNCTION, BETTLES, AND EAGLE AND TV TRANSLATORS IN HEALY, NENANA AND DELTA JUNCTION. KUAC'S RADIO CHANNEL IS PROGRAMMED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALASKA COMMUNITIES' DIVERSE INTERESTS. KUAC 89.9 FM IS A TRADITIONAL NPR NEWS STATION WITH VOLUNTEER/LOCALLY PRODUCED MUSIC PROGRAMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS. KUAC TV BROADCASTS SIX TELEVISION CHANNELS AND ONE AUDIO-ONLY CHANNEL (KUAC-FM) ON TELEVISION. EACH TELEVISION CHANNEL BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL PBS CHANNEL IS FOCUSED ON AN AREA OF INTEREST OR DEMOGRAPHIC - KUAC'S "WORLD" PROVIDES DOCUMENTARIES AND SCIENCE, KUAC'S CREATE" FOCUSES ON HANDICRAFTS, TRAVEL AND COOKING, KUAC'S "FNX" IS DEVOTED TO NATIVE AMERICAN, ALASKA NATIVE AND WORLD INDIGENOUS CONTENT, KUAC'S "PBS KIDS" PROVIDES 24 HOUR PBS KIDS EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, AND FINALLY, 360TV ON KUAC'S 9.9 PROVIDES ALASKA LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE WHEN THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL BROADCAST OPTIONS, KUAC FRIENDS GROUP SUPPORTS THE KUAC KIDS CLUB WITH 371 MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUPPORTING KUAC KIDS PROGRAMMING, ENJOY LOCAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS ON-AIR; PRODUCES THE ANNUAL KUAC ART POSTER WHICH IS UTILIZED AS A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT KUAC OPERATIONS; AND ENGAGES IN OTHER FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES TO ALLOW KUAC FM AND TV TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ITS STELLAR PROGRAMMING OPTIONS TO THE LISTENING AND VIEWING PUBLIC.

  Expenses $1,263,049 · Grants $1,263,049

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• KUAC TV AND FM RADIO

  $1,263,049

  SUPPORT OF PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 January 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202420369349300687

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