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← PUBLIC MEDIA CONNECT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PUBLIC MEDIA CONNECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,133,250
Total expenses
$306,001
Contributions and grants received
$401,898
Grants paid
$234,996
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$731,352
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,144,826
Total liabilities, end of year
$67,991
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,076,835
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$234,996
Management and general expenses
$71,005
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$234,996

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $401,898

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $412,638 · excluded $412,638

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,694,391

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

    securities $3,375,677

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $318,714

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $318,714 · excluded $318,714

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $234,996 · program services $234,996

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $71,005 · management and general $71,005

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,788,133 · end of year $12,144,826

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,309 · end of year $67,991

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,719,824 · end of year $12,076,835

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Public Media Connect is the regional organization formed by The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation (CET) and Greater Dayton Public Television (THINK TV). Our mission is to strengthen the communities we serve through programs and services that inspire and inform, educate and engage, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning and the power of diverse perspectives.

  • Public Media Connect (PMC), a regional holding company, was established by The Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation (CET) and Greater Dayton Public Television (THINK TV). PMC is dedicated to harnessing the power of digital technologies to serve the educational and public service needs of The Greater Cincinnati and Dayton Communities.

    Expenses $234,996 · Grants $234,996

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Bolam

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Shannon Cox

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jennifer Damiano

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Roshni Dasgupta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Dawn Gilmore

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jack Greiner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jason Hightower

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Stephanie Hogue

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Brian Hylander

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jeff Ireland

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Chara Fisher Jackson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Alvin Jones

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Barbara Kellar

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Kellie Kulka

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Kelly MacDonald

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Eric Meilstrup

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Christopher Owens

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Karen Spina

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Barbara Weyand

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Barney Wright

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Dave Taylor

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Stephanie Amlung

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Brian Silverberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Beth Hartman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Dorthy K Lensman

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,033
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $327,444
    Other
    $14,589
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $263,669 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $63,775 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,532 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,057 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $342,033 related
  • Lee Weinel

    CFO/COO/Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $209,488
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $202,977
    Other
    $6,511
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $189,677 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $13,300 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,130 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $381 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $209,488 related
  • Sue Ellen Stuebing

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $169,886
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $161,704
    Other
    $8,182
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $154,004 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $7,700 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,955 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,227 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $169,886 related
  • Travis Fultz

    Chief Engineer

    Total calculated
    $134,497
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,811
    Other
    $11,686
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Mark Lammers

    Director of Local Content

    Total calculated
    $105,053
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $101,487
    Other
    $3,566
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Colin Scinamblo

    Chief Content Officer

    Total calculated
    $113,181
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $103,698
    Other
    $9,483
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Deborah Tschirhart

    Sr. Director of Education

    Total calculated
    $110,284
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $100,702
    Other
    $9,582
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
The organization relied on a related organization that used one or more of the methods in Question #3 to establish the top management officials' compensation.

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

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
2024
Filed
4 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620699349301107

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