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← CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

Totals

Total revenue
$640,116,285
Total expenses
$590,304,869
Contributions and grants received
$613,748,746
Grants paid
$561,479,992
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$566,376,973
Management and general expenses
$23,927,896
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$566,376,973

Program services were 95.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • LAURA G ROSS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $3,750
    From this org
    $3,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RUBY CALVERT

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $3,600
    From this org
    $3,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ELIZABETH SEMBLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $3,450
    From this org
    $3,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MIRIAM HELLREICH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,850
    From this org
    $2,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRUCE RAMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,550
    From this org
    $2,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DIANE KAPLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,100
    From this org
    $2,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KATHY IM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,350
    From this org
    $1,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TOM ROTHMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PATRICIA DE STACY HARRISON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $500,406
    From this org
    $349,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $150,941
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,479
    Bonus
    $113,150
    Other
    $6,836
    Deferred
    $132,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,941
    Filer's total
    $500,406

  • WILLIAM P TAYMAN JR

    CFO & TREASURER (THRU 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $467,837
    From this org
    $313,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $154,311
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,051
    Bonus
    $77,620
    Other
    $8,855
    Deferred
    $126,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,929
    Filer's total
    $467,837

  • J WESTWOOD SMITHERS JR

    SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL (THRU 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $465,334
    From this org
    $308,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $156,490
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,615
    Bonus
    $77,620
    Other
    $6,610
    Deferred
    $126,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,108
    Filer's total
    $465,334

  • MICHAEL LEVY

    EVP & COO

    Total calculated
    $453,352
    From this org
    $310,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $143,130
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,817
    Bonus
    $77,620
    Other
    $4,786
    Deferred
    $126,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,748
    Filer's total
    $453,352

  • TERESA SAFON

    SVP, CORP SEC & CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $451,801
    From this org
    $308,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $143,130
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,817
    Bonus
    $77,620
    Other
    $3,235
    Deferred
    $126,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,748
    Filer's total
    $451,801

  • EVAN SLAVITT

    SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL (BEG 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • STACEY A DECKER

    SVP, INNOVATION & SYSTEM STRATEGIES

    Total calculated
    $350,659
    From this org
    $238,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $112,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,456
    Bonus
    $30,895
    Other
    $1,943
    Deferred
    $70,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,349
    Filer's total
    $350,658

  • KATHLEEN MERRITT

    SVP, RADIO JOURNALISM & CSG

    Total calculated
    $345,094
    From this org
    $248,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,428
    Bonus
    $30,895
    Other
    $4,806
    Deferred
    $70,516
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,449
    Filer's total
    $345,093

  • DEBRA SANCHEZ

    SVP, EDUC MED & LEARNING EXPERIENCES

    Total calculated
    $337,517
    From this org
    $235,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,850
    Bonus
    $25,745
    Other
    $1,947
    Deferred
    $64,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,900
    Filer's total
    $337,517

  • KATHRYN WASHINGTON

    SVP, TELEVISION CONTENT

    Total calculated
    $312,960
    From this org
    $227,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,128
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,454
    Bonus
    $27,575
    Other
    $4,803
    Deferred
    $65,330
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,798
    Filer's total
    $312,960

  • ANNE PIZZATO BRACHMAN

    SVP, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $350,099
    From this org
    $240,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $109,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,270
    Bonus
    $30,085
    Other
    $1,107
    Deferred
    $70,317
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,320
    Filer's total
    $350,099

  • STEPHEN P WOLFE

    CTO & SVP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $346,919
    From this org
    $239,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,753
    Bonus
    $29,925
    Other
    $1,419
    Deferred
    $69,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,342
    Filer's total
    $346,919

  • STEPHEN WILKINS

    SVP, DEI (THRU 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $287,462
    From this org
    $224,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,446
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $4,786
    Deferred
    $49,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,230
    Filer's total
    $287,462

  • MICHAEL FRAGALE

    VP & GM, EDUC STRAT. & CONTENT

    Total calculated
    $272,989
    From this org
    $213,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,077
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,674
    Bonus
    $26,790
    Other
    $4,448
    Deferred
    $42,507
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,570
    Filer's total
    $272,989

  • KIMBERLY A HOWELL

    INSPECTOR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $267,732
    From this org
    $220,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,544
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,670
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,518
    Deferred
    $43,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,784
    Filer's total
    $267,731

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL CPB'S TRAVEL POLICY PERMITS BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS TO TRAVEL BUSINESS CLASS, OR FIRST CLASS WHEN BUSINESS CLASS FARES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WHERE FLIGHT TIMES EXCEED THREE HOURS.
PART I, LINE 7
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION THE COMPENSATION OF CPB'S OFFICERS IS RECOMMENDED BY THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF CPB'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CPB'S OFFICERS AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE PAID COMPENSATION, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE BONUSES DETERMINED BY A NUMBER OF VARIABLES. THE VARIABLES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS ORGANIZATION OPERATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT. OFFICERS' BONUSES ARE DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS PART OF THE OVERALL COMPENSATION REVIEW OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. BONUSES PAID ARE REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B (II). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION IS DISCUSSED IN SCHEDULE O.

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
2023
Filed
13 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522259349301427

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