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← PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$51,710,242
Total expenses
$47,841,337
Contributions and grants received
$46,885,406
Grants paid
$326,000
Program service revenue
$46,144
Investment income
$3,800,773
Other revenue
$977,919
Total assets, end of year
$141,161,349
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,561,635
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$104,599,714
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,593,429
Management and general expenses
$10,078,313
Fundraising expenses
$7,169,595
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,593,429

Program services were 63.9% 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

    $16,202,280

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $320,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $30,363,126

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,950,471

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATION FEE

    total $35,000 · related or exempt $35,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

    total $11,144 · related or exempt $11,144

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,777,847 · excluded $1,777,847

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $44,595 · excluded $44,595

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $781,977

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $781,977

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $781,977 · unrelated business $781,977

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $57,953,768

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $55,930,842

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,022,926

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,022,926 · excluded $2,022,926

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $151,347 · excluded $151,347

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $151,347

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $326,000 · program services $326,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,656,466 · program services $1,269,705 · management and general $2,386,761

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,202,202 · program services $7,710,920 · management and general $1,852,807 · fundraising $1,638,475

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $472,172 · program services $276,908 · management and general $145,717 · fundraising $49,547

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,879,686 · program services $1,173,041 · management and general $461,713 · fundraising $244,932

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,057,546 · program services $648,469 · management and general $277,783 · fundraising $131,294

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $546,759 · program services $33,700 · management and general $513,059

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $135,777 · management and general $135,777

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $145,961 · fundraising $145,961

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $206,330 · management and general $206,330

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,556,266 · program services $1,657,757 · management and general $676,166 · fundraising $222,343

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,171,693 · program services $144,251 · management and general $1,026,013 · fundraising $1,429

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,383,972 · program services $516,692 · management and general $151,758 · fundraising $715,522

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,034,564 · program services $153,577 · management and general $297,857 · fundraising $583,130

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,776,166 · program services $2,679,774 · management and general $696,722 · fundraising $399,670

  • 17 · Travel

    total $579,378 · program services $310,169 · management and general $212,026 · fundraising $57,183

  • 20 · Interest

    total $282,941 · program services $282,941

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,804,055 · program services $1,566,632 · management and general $132,727 · fundraising $104,696

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $606,468 · management and general $606,468

  • 24a · Other expenses: ON AIR PROGRAMMING

    total $7,167,275 · program services $6,966,882 · management and general $820 · fundraising $199,573

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $1,828,336 · program services $1,828,336

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATION

    total $1,759,313 · fundraising $1,759,313

  • 24d · Other expenses: ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCT

    total $1,622,058 · program services $1,622,058

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,639,953 · program services $1,425,617 · management and general $297,809 · fundraising $916,527

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,974,680 · end of year $1,813,822

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $683,550 · end of year $5,126,223

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $843,405 · end of year $340,580

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,512,274

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $977,636 · end of year $1,110,688

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

    $39,217,488

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

    $27,089,875

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,170,270 · end of year $12,127,613

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $73,917,714 · end of year $81,163,210

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,343,360 · end of year $1,418,475

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,230,000 · end of year $1,230,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $39,410,091 · end of year $36,830,738

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,939,848 · end of year $3,920,008

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,062,235 · end of year $5,595,176

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,413,594 · end of year $27,046,451

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $74,661,634 · end of year $78,870,928

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,985,669 · end of year $25,728,786

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE USE THE POWER OF MEDIA FOR PUBLIC GOOD. WE STRENGTHEN THE CIVIC FABRIC OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SHARE OUR DISTINCTIVE PERSPECTIVE WITH THE REST OF THE NATION, AND PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH AN ESSENTIAL CONNECTION TO A WIDER WORLD. WE ARE CREATING A NEW PUBLIC MEDIA MODEL THAT IS MULTI-PLATFORM, DIVERSIFIED, MODERN AND BUILT AROUND HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT WITH DISTINCTIVE BRANDS.

  • PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION - WE ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS SHARING THE FULL SCHEDULE OF PBS PROGRAMS THAT VIEWERS LOVE AND TRUST. WE TELL STORIES THAT MATTER THROUGH OUR AWARD-WINNING CONTENT THAT COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF IMPORTANT TOPICS WITH SERIES LIKE ARTBOUND, LOST LA, VARIETY STUDIO: ACTORS ON ACTORS AND EARTH FOCUS.

    Expenses $14,309,517

  • DISTRIBUTION PBS SOCAL IS AVAILABLE TO NEARLY 22 MILLION PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACROSS 7 CHANNELS FOR FREE OVER-THE-AIR. THE LIBRARY OF PBS SOCAL ORIGINAL PROGRAMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO STREAM ANYTIME AND ANYWEHRE AT PBSSOCAL.ORG AND MOBILE AND CONNECTED DEVICE PLATFORMS THROUGH THE PBS AND PBS KIDS APPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FOR FREE ON IOS AND ANDROID DEVICES, ROKO, SAMSUNG, APPLE TV, ANDROID TV, YOUTUBE TV, FIRE TV AND CHROMECAST.

    Expenses $12,655,160 · Revenue $46,144

  • PROGRAM GUIDES FOR ALL PBS SOCAL CHANNELS ARE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2025 A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION WAS SENT TO ALL PBS SOCAL MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTING VARIOUS UPCOMING PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND INITIATIVES AS WELL AS FEATURING EDITORIAL LETTERS FROM VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS AND STATION TALENT. MARKETING MATERIALS ARE PRODUCED THAT HIGHLIGHT VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PBS PROGRAMS (BOTH ON-AIR AND IN PERSON) WHICH RESULT IN BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THE COMMUNITY INFORMED AND ENGAGED. VIEWERS CAN ALSO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE WEEKLY PBS SOCAL MEMBERSHIP EMAIL NEWSLETTER AS WELL AS WEEKLY EMAIL BLASTS.

    Expenses $3,628,752 · Grants $326,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helen Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Hollander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Kozberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary A Lyons

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debbie Marshall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William S O'Hare

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Erburu Reardon

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Riley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Gomez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Romney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Rosser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Basit Sheikh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leticia Solis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Steinmetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Marilyn Sutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidy Vaquerano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casey Reitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Gates

    DIRECTOR/BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nadine Zylstra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Zavala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Chung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Chao-Kharma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Bryson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanne Bourne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gordon M Bava

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bridget Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nairi Gardiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tamara Joanna Gould

    CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $375,416
    From this org
    $339,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,242
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,711
    Filer's total
    $375,416
  • Cynthia Alexandra Galindo

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $300,043
    From this org
    $287,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,303
    Filer's total
    $300,043
  • Paul Nelson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $341,155
    From this org
    $295,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,850
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,038
    Filer's total
    $341,155
  • Jamie Myers

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $434,795
    From this org
    $389,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $389,511
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,484
    Filer's total
    $434,795
  • Andrew Russell

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $636,877
    From this org
    $590,228
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,649
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $590,228
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,849
    Filer's total
    $636,877
  • June M Baldwin

    SR. VP & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $289,786
    From this org
    $264,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,450
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,336
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,877
    Filer's total
    $289,786
  • Dawn Ariza

    SR. VP, FINANCE & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $271,901
    From this org
    $253,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,128
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,561
    Filer's total
    $271,901
  • Daniel Ferguson

    SR. VP, MARKETING & COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $309,134
    From this org
    $268,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,728
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,406
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,273
    Filer's total
    $309,134
  • Maura Daly Phinney

    SR. VP. MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $237,004
    From this org
    $213,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,403
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,544
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,859
    Filer's total
    $237,004
  • Robert Dea

    VP, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

    Total calculated
    $185,747
    From this org
    $178,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,411
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,336
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,613
    Nontaxable benefits
    $798
    Filer's total
    $185,747
  • Ashley Nichole Vickers

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $225,252
    From this org
    $201,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,848
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,330
    Filer's total
    $225,252
  • Kara Suzanne-Knutson Smith

    SR. DR. ADANCEMENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $153,919
    From this org
    $147,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,639
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,280
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $748
    Filer's total
    $153,919
  • Hiawatha Bradley

    SR. DR. CREATIVE & BRAND SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $190,595
    From this org
    $161,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,838
    Filer's total
    $190,595
  • Bijan Seyedi-Rezvani

    SR. DR. DIGITAL

    Total calculated
    $170,455
    From this org
    $163,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,121
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $809
    Filer's total
    $170,455
  • Patrick Yew

    SR. DR. POST-PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $178,228
    From this org
    $149,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,930
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,301
    Filer's total
    $178,228
  • Gerald Bryant

    DR. LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $166,318
    From this org
    $145,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,839
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,499
    Filer's total
    $166,318

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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

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.

  • CRT (1)

    T · TRUST · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601319349304375

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