Totals
- Total revenue
- $728,305
- Total expenses
- $206,625
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $728,305
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,178,581
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $57,988
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,120,593
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- not reported
- Management and general expenses
- not reported
- Fundraising expenses
- not reported
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
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.
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2a · Program service revenue: MUSIC ROYALTIES
total $728,305 · related or exempt $728,305
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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15 · Royalties
total $205,850
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24a · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES
total $775
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $22,445 · end of year $29,960
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $117,000 · end of year $95,773
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $13,515,865 · end of year $14,052,848
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $56,397 · end of year $57,988
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,598,913 · end of year $14,120,593
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SESAME STREET, INC.'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO HOLD COPYRIGHTS OF MUSIC COMPOSITIONS THAT ARE REGISTERED IN THE UNITED STATES WITH ASCAP AND ARE RELATED TO PROGRAMS PRODUCED BY SESAME WORKSHOP INCLUDING SESAME STREET.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO HOLD MUSIC COPYRIGHTS RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF SESAME STREET, INC.
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SESAME STREET INC'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO HOLD COPYRIGHTS TO MUSIC COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE PRODUCTION OF SESAME STREET, AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SHOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SESAME WORKSHOP, A SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sherrie WestinSHERRIE WESTIN
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $1,136,265
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,099,259
- Other
- $37,006
- Hours/week
- 1 + 64 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $807,126 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $281,962 related
- Other
- $0 + $10,171 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $33,842 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $3,164 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,136,265 related
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Brett RobinsonBRETT ROBINSON
EVP & CFO
- Total calculated
- $529,345
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $493,087
- Other
- $36,258
- Hours/week
- 1 + 62.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $402,849 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $88,575 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,663 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $34,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $1,758 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $529,345 related
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Valerie Mitchell-JohnstonVALERIE MITCHELL-JOHNSTON
EXECUTIVE VP & GENERAL COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $550,026
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $436,625
- Other
- $113,401
- Hours/week
- 1 + 62 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $357,186 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $77,700 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,739 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $34,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $78,901 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $550,026 related
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Stephen YoungwoodSTEPHEN YOUNGWOOD
FORMER CEO
- Total calculated
- $761,041
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $751,982
- Other
- $9,059
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $748,660 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $3,322 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $8,050 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $1,009 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $761,041 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
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- OFFICERS' COMPENSATION
- ALL COMPENSATION REPORTED ON THE FORM 990, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J FOR THE LISTED OFFICERS REPRESENTS COMPENSATION PAID BY SESAME WORKSHOP, THE PARENT ORGANIZATION, FOR THEIR ROLE AS OFFICERS OF SESAME WORKSHOP.
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.
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501(C)(3) · EDU. MEDIA · NY
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501(C)(2) · TITLE HOLDING · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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JOAN GANZ COONEY CENTER FOR ED
501(C)(3) · EDU. RESEARCH · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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GALLI GALLI SIM SIM EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
N/A · EDU. MEDIA · IN
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL INC
501(C)(3) · EDU. MEDIA · NY
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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.
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SESAME WORKSHOP EUROPE GMBH
C · EDU. MEDIA · GM
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL
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SESAME WORKSHOP LATIN AMERICA SDE RL DE CV
C · EDU. MEDIA · MX
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL
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SESAME WORKSHOP EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA NPC
C · EDU. MEDIA · SF
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL
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SESAME STREET BRAND MGMT & SVC SHANGHAI
C · EDU. MEDIA · CH
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET JAPAN GK
C · EDU. MEDIA · JA
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME WORKSHOP INITIATIVES (INDIA) PLC
C · EDU. MEDIA · IN
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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CTW COMMUNICATIONS INC
C · HOLDING · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 51 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 52 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 53 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 54 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 55 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME STREET SEASON 56 PRODUCTIONS INC
C · TV PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP
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SESAME SERVICES FP INC
C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE
Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202601339349303150
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