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← PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$544,038,860
Total expenses
$541,696,112
Contributions and grants received
$272,318,709
Grants paid
$4,876,818
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$493,958,277
Management and general expenses
$47,621,447
Fundraising expenses
$116,388
Program service expenses (Part III)
$493,958,277

Program services were 91.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • PAULA A KERGER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,168,661
    From this org
    $1,055,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $113,526
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $803,410
    Bonus
    $217,875
    Other
    $33,850
    Deferred
    $61,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,526
    Filer's total
    $1,168,661

  • JONATHAN BARZILAY

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $779,625
    From this org
    $685,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $94,419
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $495,993
    Bonus
    $172,450
    Other
    $16,763
    Deferred
    $57,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,569
    Filer's total
    $779,625

  • IRA RUBENSTEIN

    CHIEF DIGITAL & MARKETING OFCR

    Total calculated
    $631,581
    From this org
    $548,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,317
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $401,782
    Bonus
    $134,600
    Other
    $11,882
    Deferred
    $39,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,667
    Filer's total
    $631,581

  • KATHERINE LAUDERDALE

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CORP. SEC

    Total calculated
    $578,736
    From this org
    $502,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,382
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $413,880
    Bonus
    $86,625
    Other
    $1,849
    Deferred
    $59,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,232
    Filer's total
    $578,736

  • THOMAS E TARDIVO

    CHIEF FIN OFFCR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $535,580
    From this org
    $457,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,050
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $370,065
    Bonus
    $80,450
    Other
    $7,015
    Deferred
    $42,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,400
    Filer's total
    $535,580

  • RHONDA D HOLT

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $511,891
    From this org
    $455,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,613
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $374,818
    Bonus
    $80,175
    Other
    $285
    Deferred
    $39,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,963
    Filer's total
    $511,891

  • SYLVIA BUGG

    CHIEF PROG EXEC & GM, GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $488,535
    From this org
    $441,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,825
    Bonus
    $78,325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,885
    Filer's total
    $488,535

  • JEREMY GAINES

    SVP, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $466,711
    From this org
    $396,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,481
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,151
    Bonus
    $59,250
    Other
    $6,829
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,031
    Filer's total
    $466,711

  • SCOTT NOURSE

    SVP, PRODUCT & INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $456,121
    From this org
    $385,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,373
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,888
    Bonus
    $58,800
    Other
    $6,060
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,923
    Filer's total
    $456,121

  • SARA E DEWITT

    SVP & GM, PBS KIDS

    Total calculated
    $434,825
    From this org
    $372,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,378
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,123
    Bonus
    $57,225
    Other
    $5,099
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,928
    Filer's total
    $434,825

  • JAMES DUNFORDTo 623

    SVP, STATION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $425,815
    From this org
    $366,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,498
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,648
    Bonus
    $56,000
    Other
    $2,669
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,048
    Filer's total
    $425,815

  • MICHAEL D JACOBSON

    SVP, HUMAN SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $419,855
    From this org
    $366,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,508
    Bonus
    $58,800
    Other
    $5,958
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,139
    Filer's total
    $419,855

  • CECILIA B LOVING

    SVP, DEI

    Total calculated
    $396,240
    From this org
    $355,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,334
    Bonus
    $38,317
    Other
    $8,535
    Deferred
    $9,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,904
    Filer's total
    $396,240

  • AMY S WIGLER

    VP, MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $364,132
    From this org
    $308,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,349
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,333
    Bonus
    $38,450
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,098
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,251
    Filer's total
    $364,132

  • MARY PLANTAMURA

    ASSOC. GC & ASST. CORP. SEC

    Total calculated
    $282,995
    From this org
    $239,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,883
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,252
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,860
    Filer's total
    $282,995

  • LESLI J ROTENBERG

    FORMER CHIEF PROG EXEC,PBS KID

    Total calculated
    $190,712
    From this org
    $176,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,500
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $176,212
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,712

  • JON ABBOTT THRU 1222

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH ACKLIN THRU 722

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOLORES FERNANDEZ ALONSO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAXINE CLARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARK CONTRERAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT DUNLOP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • MILDRED GARCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CHARLES T HAGEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAE HOPKINS AS OF 1022

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL HUNTON THRU 922

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARVIN IRBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY IRVING

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • MICHAEL ISIP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRANZ JOACHIM AS OF 1022

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GUNJAN KEDIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN MARTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRA CORDOVA MICEK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY M PHILLIPS

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

  • JORGE PLASENCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COURTNEY PLEDGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • VIVIAN RIEFBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE ROBB

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

  • GEOFF SANDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA SHARKEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY SHAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA SHUMATE AS OF 323

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GARY STOKES THRU 1022

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAYME SWAIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HOLDEN THORP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED ULMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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 — 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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A:
PBS GROSSES UP PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN TAXABLE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN EXECUTIVES. PBS PROVIDED A NON-ACCOUNTABLE ALLOWANCE IN CALENDAR 2022 FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ONE EXECUTIVE.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A:
THE FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOWN BELOW RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENTS IN CALENDAR 2022 ON TERMS CONSISTENT WITH STANDARDS IN THE INDUSTRY. FORMER CHIEF PROGRAMMING EXECUTIVE & GM, CHILDREN'S MEDIA & EDUCATION, LESLI ROTENBERG RECEIVED SEVERANCE $176,212.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7:
BONUSES ARE DISCRETIONARY AND DETERMINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE PRESIDENT AND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421349349309247

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