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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLASSICAL 98 1.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,149,809
Total expenses
$5,329,631
Contributions and grants received
$4,653,600
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$314,437
Investment income
$181,772
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,611,950
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,246,477
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,365,473
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,260,341
Management and general expenses
$470,513
Fundraising expenses
$1,598,777
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,260,341

Program services were 61.2% 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

    $4,099,385

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $333,312

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $220,903

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $210,163

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UNDERWRITING INCOME

    total $314,437 · related or exempt $314,437

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $181,913 · excluded $181,913

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $36,012 · other assets $174,010

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

    securities $36,153 · other assets $174,010

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$141

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$141 · related or exempt -$141

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $221,966 · program services $146,382 · management and general $16,119 · fundraising $59,465

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,073,999 · program services $1,367,753 · management and general $150,617 · fundraising $555,629

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $230,089 · program services $129,531 · management and general $28,566 · fundraising $71,992

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $203,594 · program services $119,798 · management and general $22,423 · fundraising $61,373

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $125,875 · fundraising $125,875

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $253,419 · program services $181,773 · management and general $71,646

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,750 · program services $40,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $484,083 · program services $284,974 · management and general $95,260 · fundraising $103,849

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,649 · program services $12,572 · management and general $3,513 · fundraising $13,564

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,629 · program services $823 · management and general $1,626 · fundraising $3,180

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $286,845 · program services $272,503 · management and general $14,342

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,043 · program services $38,874 · management and general $11,577 · fundraising $592

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATING AGREEMENT

    total $530,000 · program services $530,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING/MEMBERSHIP

    total $524,800 · program services $632 · management and general $19,893 · fundraising $504,275

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $107,829 · program services $76,832 · management and general $20,775 · fundraising $10,222

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $57,784 · fundraising $57,784

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $102,277 · program services $57,144 · management and general $14,156 · fundraising $30,977

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,214,036 · end of year $3,291,113

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,004,381 · end of year $2,870,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $122,000 · end of year $86,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $294,196 · end of year $267,691

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $105,175 · end of year $93,563

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

    $2,732,932

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

    $1,325,771

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,694,007 · end of year $1,407,161

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $595,507

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,143,376 · end of year $1,999,982

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,934 · end of year $77,186

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,337,613 · end of year $2,169,291

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,218,380 · end of year $7,463,371

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,003,244 · end of year $902,102

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ACTIVELY GROW, DIVERSIFY, AND ENRICH THE LOVE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A VOICE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CLASSICAL 98.1 WILL ACTIVELY GROW, DIVERSIFY, AND ENRICH THE LOVE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A VOICE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

  • CLASSICAL KING 98.1 WAS FOUNDED IN 1948 AND BECAME A PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN 2011. KING FM REACHES MORE THAN 220,000 LISTENERS EACH WEEK, OFFERING COMMERCIAL-FREE CLASSICAL MUSIC 24 HOURS A DAY OVER THE AIR THROUGHOUT THE PUGET SOUND REGION AND GLOBALLY VIA ONLINE STREAMS. KING FM OFFERS LOCAL CLASSICAL CONCERT BROADCASTS ANNUALLY, ENGAGES MORE THAN 15,000 DONORS, AND MOVED INTO A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY IN 2020. KING FM ALSO OFFERS VIDEO MUSIC CONTENT FEATURING LOCAL PERFORMERS. KING FM IS ALSO COMMITTED TO GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC LISTENERS, OFFERING SEVERAL MUSIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES ON-AIR, ONLINE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR BOARD ADOPTED A NEW STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IN 2020 THAT CALLS US FOR US TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT STEPS IN DIVERSIFYING OUR PROGRAMMING, OUR STAFF, AND OUR BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THAT PLAN.

    Expenses $2,453,207

  • CLASSICAL 98.1 USES A WIDE SPECTRUM OF TECHNOLOGIES TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY EXPERIENCE ON AIR AND ONLINE. IN ADDITION TO A FULL-POWERED ANALOG FM BROADCAST SIGNAL, KING FM TRANSMITS ADDITIONAL CHANNELS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC USING A STATE-OF-THE-ART HD DIGITAL SIGNAL THAT ALLOWS OVER-THE-AIR CD-QUALITY RECEPTION OF THE MAIN KING FM CHANNEL AND THE CALM BY KING CHANNEL. IN SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION, KING FM REACHES OUT TO A WORLD-WIDE AUDIENCE VIA ONLINE AUDIO STREAMS AND OUR SMARTPHONE APPS ALLOWING AUDIENCES FAR BEYOND THE RANGE OF OUR FM SIGNAL TO APPRECIATE AND ENJOY THE NORTHWEST'S GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES. KING FM'S LIVE BROADCAST CAPABILITIES BRING THE MUSIC OF NORTHWEST ARTISTS FROM PERFORMANCE VENUES INTO THE HOMES OF LISTENERS. CLASSICAL 98.1 CARRIES CONCERT PRE-RECORDED BROADCASTS FEATURING SEATTLE OPERA, SEATTLE SYMPHONY, THE SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, AND THE COMPLINE SERVICE AT ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL AMONG OTHERS.

    Expenses $782,850

  • CLASSICAL 98.1 IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND TO MAKING CLASSICAL MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIPS. LOCAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL STRUGGLING IN BRINGING AUDIENCES BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC. THIS IS IMPACTING THEIR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING AS WELL. CLASSICAL KING CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FREE AND LOW COST ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM ATTRACT AUDIENCES TO CONCERTS, EVENTS, AND EXHIBITIONS.

    Expenses $24,284

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brenda Barnes

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $229,718
    From this org
    $221,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,966
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,504
    Filer's total
    $229,718
  • Barbara Dolby

    CHIEF DEV OF

    Total calculated
    $164,876
    From this org
    $131,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,218
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $22,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,116
    Filer's total
    $164,876
  • Rina Romero

    COO

    Total calculated
    $161,823
    From this org
    $149,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,818
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,005
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,836
    Filer's total
    $161,823
  • Dave C Beck

    ANNOUNCER

    Total calculated
    $119,943
    From this org
    $112,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,738
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christopher T Bayley

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Diana Carey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steven Clifford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Coughlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Charles Dickey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jim Duncan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Fox

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Diana Gao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Grant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Harmon

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Douglas Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Neil Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Naomi Minegishi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jon Rosen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Moya Vasquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
  • 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

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.

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.

  • CLASSIC RADIO

    C CORP · BROADCASTI · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442839349301909

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