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← WESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,243,753
Total expenses
$15,238,059
Contributions and grants received
$17,134,105
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$164,325
Other revenue
$945,323
Total assets, end of year
$26,043,780
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,848,028
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,195,752
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,381,246
Management and general expenses
$2,376,200
Fundraising expenses
$4,480,613
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,381,246

Program services were 55.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $5,979,288

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,196

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,254,750

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,590,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,296,348

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $164,325 · excluded $164,325

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $332,935 · related or exempt $332,935

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,386 · personal property $374,837

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,386 · personal property $374,837

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $384,223 · unrelated business $374,837 · excluded $9,386

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,046

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

    $13,196

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,396

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,650 · excluded $7,650

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE RECOVERY

    total $96,634 · excluded $96,634

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $123,881 · related or exempt $123,881

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $220,515

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,645,364 · program services $442,561 · management and general $896,517 · fundraising $306,286

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,433,997 · program services $2,357,443 · management and general $515,532 · fundraising $1,561,022

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $189,071 · program services $123,425 · management and general $3,744 · fundraising $61,902

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $590,735 · program services $238,521 · management and general $93,990 · fundraising $258,224

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $442,443 · program services $211,891 · management and general $89,350 · fundraising $141,202

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,520 · program services $2,360 · management and general $58,160

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $87,344 · fundraising $87,344

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $794,596 · program services $569,767 · management and general $105,703 · fundraising $119,126

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $337,580 · program services $78,900 · fundraising $258,680

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $576,009 · program services $46,361 · management and general $75,886 · fundraising $453,762

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $370,209 · program services $141,216 · management and general $129,673 · fundraising $99,320

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $518,194 · program services $469,379 · management and general $24,400 · fundraising $24,415

  • 17 · Travel

    total $156,770 · program services $68,425 · management and general $42,742 · fundraising $45,603

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,608 · program services $3,107 · management and general $15,388 · fundraising $4,113

  • 20 · Interest

    total $163,914 · program services $137,688 · management and general $8,196 · fundraising $18,030

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $928,888 · program services $585,199 · management and general $111,467 · fundraising $232,222

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $187,754 · program services $99,405 · management and general $83,625 · fundraising $4,724

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING

    total $2,511,506 · program services $2,511,506

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING PREMIUMS

    total $371,860 · fundraising $371,860

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP SOLICITATION

    total $344,498 · fundraising $344,498

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSMITTER POWER

    total $135,070 · program services $135,070

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $369,129 · program services $159,022 · management and general $121,827 · fundraising $88,280

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,256,687 · end of year $2,911,052

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,570,955 · end of year $1,533,905

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $389,338 · end of year $323,175

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,188,492 · end of year $843,599

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $132,622 · end of year $180,184

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

    $36,828,589

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

    $26,423,757

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,730,433 · end of year $10,404,832

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,408,440 · end of year $1,543,067

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $609,516 · end of year $433,949

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,766,000 · end of year $3,766,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $120,960 · end of year $4,104,017

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,043,925 · end of year $1,827,285

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,096,265 · end of year $373,648

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $52,100 · end of year $58,905

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,300,000 · end of year $2,125,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $278,159 · end of year $463,190

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,029,531 · end of year $21,057,016

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $373,463 · end of year $138,736

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH EXPLORATION AND ENTERTAINMENT -- EVERYWHERE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BINATIONAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OPERATING LOCALLY PROGRAMED TV AND RADIO STATIONS.

  • WNED-TV IS A FULL SERVICE PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION OFFERING INSTRUCTIONAL, CULTURAL AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. PROGRAM HOURS - 24 HOURS A DAY (TWO MILLION MONTHLY CUMULATIVE LISTENERS AND VIEWERS).

    Expenses $5,965,794

  • WBFO-FM, WOLN-FM, WUBJ-FM OPERATES PRIMARILY AS NEWS AND INFORMATION STATIONS. PROGRAM HOURS - 24 HOURS A DAY (TWO MILLION MONTHLY CUMULATIVE LISTENERS AND VIEWERS).

    Expenses $1,766,321

  • WNED-FM AND WNJA-FM RADIO OPERATES PRIMARILY AS CLASSICAL MUSIC STATIONS. PROGRAM HOURS - 24 HOURS A DAY (TWO MILLION CUMULATIVE LISTENERS AND VIEWERS).

    Expenses $649,131

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Calderone

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $451,006
    From this org
    $351,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,109
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,597
    Bonus
    $39,300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $80,893
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,216
    Filer's total
    $451,006

  • Cynthia E Vance

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvonne S Minor-Ragan PhD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy W Hoover

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Veronica Golden Lmsw

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamara O Alsace PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Arrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Cindy Barrett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Deeks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phillip L Glick MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mustafa Gokcek

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert M Greene Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Pamela Hokanson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara J Irwin PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Kahlon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Ann Lauricella

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Francesca B Mesiah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dalia Antonia Caraballa Muller PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alphonso O'Neil - White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dennis M Penman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • John Reinhold

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Casimiro D Rodriguez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Romoff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rosemary Sadlier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Hammond

    EXECUTIVE VP & COO

    Total calculated
    $248,653
    From this org
    $202,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,672
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,301
    Bonus
    $20,680
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,340
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,332
    Filer's total
    $248,653

  • Lynn Bader

    VP, ORIGINAL CONTENT CREATION

    Total calculated
    $107,256
    From this org
    $83,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,423
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sylvia Bennett

    SR VP, CHEIF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $200,507
    From this org
    $165,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,126
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,381
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,389
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,737
    Filer's total
    $200,507

  • Bree Bove

    VP MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $103,060
    From this org
    $79,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,511
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Hare

    VP, MARKETING & CREATIVE SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $105,968
    From this org
    $82,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,510
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Jacob

    ASST VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $94,941
    From this org
    $78,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,588
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathryn Larsen

    VP BROADCASTING

    Total calculated
    $108,257
    From this org
    $92,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,823
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Puma

    VP ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $117,861
    From this org
    $96,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,077
    Hours/week
    40

  • William Saurer

    VP, CORPORATE SUPPORT

    Total calculated
    $94,226
    From this org
    $84,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,165
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Hasse

    DIRECTOR, PEOPLE OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $119,149
    From this org
    $103,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,348
    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. 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
IN 2014, THE ASSOCIATION ADOPTED 457(F) AND 457(B) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED INTO A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH TOM CALDERONE, PRESIDENT AND CEO. IN THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTED $31,800 TO THE 457(F) PLAN AND $22,500 TO THE 457(B) PLAN WHICH IS INCLUDED IN PART VII, SECTION A, COLUMN D AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C. IN 2014, THE ASSOCIATION ADOPTED A 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND ENTERED INTO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH NANCY A . HAMMOND, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND COO; AND SYLVIA BENNETT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. IN THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTED $17,000 AND $13,000 RESPECTIVELY TO THE 457(F) PLAN WHICH IS INCLUDED IN PART VII, SECTION A, COLUMN D AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C.

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
2023
Filed
23 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541229349300119

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