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← NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO.

Totals

Total revenue
$73,908,450
Total expenses
$83,186,777
Contributions and grants received
$61,795,608
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,985,020
Investment income
$2,146,498
Other revenue
$981,324
Total assets, end of year
$125,253,274
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,141,010
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$70,112,264
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$58,206,185
Management and general expenses
$9,862,642
Fundraising expenses
$15,117,950
Program service expenses (Part III)
$58,206,185

Program services were 70.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $852,045

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $347,305

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $60,596,258

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,125,035

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TAXABLE UNDERWRITING

    total $5,863,805 · unrelated business $5,863,805

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION

    total $2,311,118 · related or exempt $2,311,118

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE

    total $810,097 · related or exempt $810,097

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $980,144 · excluded $980,144

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,313,103 · excluded $1,313,103

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $221,508

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $24,900

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $196,608 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $196,608 · unrelated business $196,608

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,069,212

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

    securities $3,902,858

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,166,354 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,166,354 · excluded $1,166,354

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $81,310

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $852,045

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $609,697

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$528,387 · excluded -$528,387

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,477,607 · program services $2,011,596 · management and general $291,269 · fundraising $174,742

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $40,139,451 · program services $30,592,433 · management and general $2,982,329 · fundraising $6,564,689

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,258,752 · program services $884,138 · management and general $144,642 · fundraising $229,972

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,927,846 · program services $4,081,203 · management and general $743,759 · fundraising $1,102,884

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,227,229 · program services $2,358,847 · management and general $368,575 · fundraising $499,807

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $332,298 · program services $2,474 · management and general $329,824

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $205,000 · program services $160,598 · management and general $19,963 · fundraising $24,439

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $713,922 · fundraising $713,922

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $240,981 · management and general $240,981

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,993,363 · program services $1,482,414 · management and general $766,760 · fundraising $744,189

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $652,235 · program services $428,384 · management and general $12,147 · fundraising $211,704

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,557,905 · program services $1,021,330 · management and general $340,301 · fundraising $196,274

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,971,463 · program services $930,174 · management and general $79,440 · fundraising $961,849

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,820,648 · program services $5,211,037 · management and general $123,507 · fundraising $486,104

  • 17 · Travel

    total $238,050 · program services $161,405 · management and general $44,055 · fundraising $32,590

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $117,063 · program services $59,300 · management and general $23,268 · fundraising $34,495

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,541,774 · management and general $1,541,774

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,081,616 · program services $2,077,241 · management and general $1,688,273 · fundraising $316,102

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $309,133 · program services $241,743 · management and general $30,602 · fundraising $36,788

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Acquisition

    total $5,966,405 · program services $5,963,112 · management and general $650 · fundraising $2,643

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership Services

    total $2,785,357 · management and general $600 · fundraising $2,784,757

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt

    total $71,417 · management and general $71,417

  • 24d · Other expenses: Financing Costs

    total $18,506 · management and general $18,506

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $538,756 · program services $538,756 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,584,052 · end of year $223,738

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,855,018 · end of year $5,380,244

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,573,746 · end of year $4,486,970

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,238,812 · end of year $4,448,644

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,169,395 · end of year $1,321,095

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

    $53,637,230

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

    $46,763,036

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,596,984 · end of year $6,874,194

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $34,250,425 · end of year $38,731,317

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $19,996,461 · end of year $20,517,881

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $29,242,387 · end of year $27,817,090

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,650,255 · end of year $15,452,101

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,802,396 · end of year $10,254,913

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $74,996 · end of year $84,399

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $31,333,101 · end of year $29,754,702

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,559,570 · end of year $15,046,996

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,486,835 · end of year $64,171,702

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,900,637 · end of year $5,940,562

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO MAKE THE MIND MORE CURIOUS, THE HEART MORE OPEN, AND THE SPIRIT MORE JOYFUL THROUGH EXCELLENT AUDIO PROGRAMMING THAT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN NEW YORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO MAKE THE MIND MORE CURIOUS, THE HEART MORE OPEN, AND THE SPIRIT MORE JOYFULTHROUGH EXCELLENT AUDIO PROGRAMMING THAT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN NEW YORK.

  • PROGRAMMING: NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO CONSISTS OF WNYC AM 820, WNYC FM 93.9, WWW.WNYC.ORG, WNYC STUDIOS, WNJT FM 88.1, WNJP FM 88.5, WNJY FM 89.3, WNJO FM 90.3, WWW.NJPR.ORG, WQXR 105.9 FM, WWW.WQXR.ORG, WWW.WQXW.ORG, WWW.GOTHAMIST.COM, THE JEROME L. GREENE PERFORMANCE SPACE. WNYC AND WQXR ARE AMONG THE COUNTRY'S LEADING PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS. ESTABLISHED IN 1924 AS A MUNICIPAL RADIO STATION AND OPERATED AS SUCH FOR 74 YEARS, NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO NOW EXISTS AS AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A DEDICATED BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $47,657,404 · Revenue $8,985,020

  • TECHNICAL OPERATIONS: FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMING ON WNYC AM, WNYC FM, WWW.WNYC.ORG, WNJT FM, WNJP FM, WNJY FM, WNJO FM, WWW.NJPR.ORG, WQXR FM, WWW.WQXR.ORG, WQXW FM, AND THE JEROME L. GREENE PERFORMANCE SPACE. ENGINEERING OF ALL RADIO, DIGITAL AND LIVE PERFORMANCE PROGRAMMING, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ENTIRE NY PUBLIC RADIO ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $7,062,257

  • MARKETING SUPPORT SERVICES: NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO'S MARKETING EFFORTS PROMOTE THE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS PRODUCED BY WNYC AND WQXR, INCLUDING NEWS, WNYC STUDIOS, CULTURAL, AND MUSIC RADIO PROGRAMMING, ORIGINAL ONLINE CONTENT, AND A SCHEDULE OF LIVE EVENTS IN THE JEROME L. GREENE PERFORMANCE SPACE.

    Expenses $3,486,524

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anand Desai

    Treasurer (thru 2/24/24)/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Weisbrod

    Trustee/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Empson

    Trustee/Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lafontaine Oliver

    President & CEO/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $612,216
    From this org
    $558,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,396
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $554,481
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,339
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,396
    Filer's total
    $612,216
  • Leah C Johnson

    Trustee/Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mayo S STUNTZ JR

    Trustee/Treasurer (AS OF 2/24/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy A Wilkins

    Trustee/Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron R Marcu

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Laremont

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Quindlen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Stark Locher

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia King Vance

    FORMER INTERIM CEO/TRUSTEE (THRU 5/9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $53,642
    From this org
    $53,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $154
    Hours/week
    35
  • David Gelobter

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diego Ibarguen

    Trustee (Thru 5/9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Tow

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard S Stein

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanne Fogel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Lefrancois

    Trustee (as of 5/9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Kwong

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Borthwick

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John S Rose

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon W Rotenstreich

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Sapan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Danzinger

    Trustee (as of 5/9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Chamlin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Suskin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryanne Gilmartin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicki Newman Tanner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Hsi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Shapiro

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard S Brail

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberto Ruiz

    Trustee (as of 5/9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanuja M Dehne

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Spector

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Armando Gutierrez

    SVP & Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $391,724
    From this org
    $340,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,418
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,160
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,146
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,868
    Filer's total
    $391,724
  • Andrew Golis

    SVP & CCO WNYC (THRU 9/15/2023)

    Total calculated
    $471,082
    From this org
    $412,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,903
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,899
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $116,280
    Deferred
    $13,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,065
    Filer's total
    $471,082
  • Ayesha Ahmad

    SVP & Chief Marketing Office

    Total calculated
    $404,849
    From this org
    $351,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,866
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,837
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,146
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,866
    Filer's total
    $404,849
  • Corrina Greenberg

    VP, Development

    Total calculated
    $255,893
    From this org
    $209,191
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,702
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,464
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,727
    Deferred
    $13,056
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,646
    Filer's total
    $255,893
  • Edward C Yim

    SVP & CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER WQXR

    Total calculated
    $335,791
    From this org
    $300,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,439
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $22,683
    Deferred
    $11,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,967
    Filer's total
    $335,791
  • Alison D Stewart

    Host/Editorial Lead

    Total calculated
    $307,807
    From this org
    $305,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,639
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,001
    Bonus
    $167
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,639
    Filer's total
    $307,807
  • Anna M Sale

    Managing Editor & Host

    Total calculated
    $365,481
    From this org
    $341,622
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,859
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,098
    Bonus
    $30,800
    Other
    $17,724
    Deferred
    $18,544
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,315
    Filer's total
    $365,481
  • Audrey Cooper

    Editor-in-Chief

    Total calculated
    $371,939
    From this org
    $297,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,710
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,481
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $748
    Deferred
    $12,358
    Nontaxable benefits
    $62,352
    Filer's total
    $371,939
  • Brian Lehrer

    Host/Editorial Lead

    Total calculated
    $444,049
    From this org
    $434,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,837
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $434,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,837
    Filer's total
    $444,049
  • Brooke Gladstone

    Host/Editorial Lead

    Total calculated
    $399,921
    From this org
    $341,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,733
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $337,319
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,869
    Deferred
    $21,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,283
    Filer's total
    $399,921

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 · 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 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
DURING 2023, ANDREW GOLIS, FORMER SVP & CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER RECEIVED SEVERANCE OF $102,500.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, CERTAIN STAFF MAY BE AWARDED NON-FIXED BONUSES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS ANNUAL BONUSES AWARDED TO STAFF.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511299349304371

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