Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$7,454,525

Total expenses

$7,559,928

Contributions and grants received

$6,807,581

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$80,157

Investment income

$351,788

Other revenue

$214,999

Total assets, end of year

$13,525,275

Total liabilities, end of year

$486,079

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,039,196

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,089,333

Management and general expenses

$1,107,808

Fundraising expenses

$1,362,787

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,089,333

Program services were 67.3% 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 · 2023

• PROGRAMMING, PRODUCTION, AND EDUCATION OUTREACH - PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION: NPT SERVES MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY WITH COMPELLING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT ENCOMPASS THE COMMUNITY'S EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND CIVIC LIFE. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, OUTREACH TO AT-RISK CHILDREN, PRODUCTIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT LOCAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NPT IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ALL CITIZENS REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. NPT IS ONE OF THE MOST WATCHED PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE NATION WITH AN AVERAGE AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 530,000 HOUSEHOLDS PER MONTH, 84% OF NASHVILLE HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. NPT PROVIDES THE FULL PBS SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS LOCAL DOCUMENTARIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING "TENNESSEE CROSSROADS," "VOLUNTEER GARDENER," "A WORD ON WORDS," THE "NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS" SERIES, "AGING MATTERS AND "CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT." MANY OF NPT'S ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS HAVE AIRED NATIONALLY ON PBS, SHARING MIDDLE TENNESSEE'S CULTURE AND HERITAGE WITH THE ENTIRE NATION. NPT'S "NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS PROJECT" SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT NASHVILLE'S STATUS AS A DESTINATION CITY FOR A VARIETY OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE GROUPS WHO HAVE MADE THE CITY THEIR HOME. THROUGH A SERIES OF DOCUMENTARIES, A PROJECT WEBSITE, COMMUNITY FORUMS AND LITERACY OUTREACH NPT SEEKS TO PROVIDE ALL RESIDENTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH A WIDE-RANGING VIEW OF THE REGION'S NEW, RAPIDLY GROWING FOREIGN-BORN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING KURDISH, SOMALI, BHUTANESE, SUDANESE, EGYPTIAN AND HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS."NPT REPORTS: AGING MATTERS" IS A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT THAT IS TAKING AN UNPRECEDENTED DEEP-DIVE LOOK AT ALL THE ISSUES FACING OUR GROWING POPULATION OF SENIORS. NPT IS FOCUSING ON THESE ISSUES THROUGH DOCUMENTARIES, TELEVISED PANEL DISCUSSIONS, "AGING MATTERS" SPOTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS, SCREENINGS, PROJECT WEBSITE, INTERACTIVE ONLINE SCREENINGS AND DVD DISTRIBUTION. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO CONVENE A DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CHANGE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AGING BABY BOOM GENERATION.NPT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST-WATCHED CHANNELS FOR CHILDREN. EACH WEEK NPT BROADCASTS 68 HOURS OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING ON OUR MAIN CHANNEL, DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE YOUNGEST VIEWERS ARRIVE AT KINDERGARTEN READY TO LEARN WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION OF EARLY MATH AND READING SKILLS. IN ADDITION, NPT BROADCASTS A 24/7 CHANNEL OF ALL EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING ON NPT3, DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF PARENTS WHO MAY NOT WORK A TRADITIONAL 9-5 SCHEDULE AND CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS. NPT IS PERHAPS THE ONLY SOURCE OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PRESCHOOLERS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY WHO DO NOT ATTEND LICENSED DAYCARE, PRESCHOOL OR ANY EDUCATION PROGRAM.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION: NPT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT EXTENDS THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMMING WITH SCHOOL-READINESS TRAINING THROUGH PARENT AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS THAT REACH THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EACH YEAR INCLUDING LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR NASHVILLE'S FOREIGN-BORN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING KURDISH, SOMALI, SUDANESE, ASIAN AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS. NPT ALSO ORGANIZES SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS OF PROGRAMS SEEN ON NPT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE LIBRARIES, BUSINESSES, MUSEUMS AND NON-PROFITS. NPT2, NPT'S COMMUNITY-BASED DIGITAL CHANNEL OFFERS LOCALLY BASED EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, SERIES AND DOCUMENTARIES INCLUDING COVERAGE OF THE STATE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NPT SUPPORTS TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGH FREE ONLINE ACCESS TO AND DVDS OF NPT'S PRODUCTIONS. DVDS ARE AUTHORED WITH CHAPTER MARKERS TO FACILITATE USE BY TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO JUMP TO A SPECIFIC POINT AND USE A SHORT SEGMENT OF THE PROGRAM FOR DISCUSSION.NPT POSTS "NPT REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY" ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WNPT.ORG, A REPORT THAT COVERS PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

  Expenses $3,800,943 · Revenue $80,157

• BROADCASTING:ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROGRAMMING, PRODUCTION, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR BROADCAST AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR ALL STATION OPERATIONS REGARDLESS OF DEPARTMENT AND ONLINE SUPPORT THROUGH WEB CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, VIEWER COMMUNICATIONS, PROGRAM INFORMATION AND FUNDRAISING.

  Expenses $924,113

• PROGRAM INFORMATION:RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PR AND PROMOTION OF PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY BY NPT THROUGH THE USE OF OUR AIRTIME AND OTHER MEDIA.

  Expenses $364,277

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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.

• TENNESSEE PUBLIC TELEVISION COUNCIL

  501(C)(6) · PUBLIC TV · TN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

2 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530929349300313

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