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← WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$215,642,285
Total expenses
$237,191,088
Contributions and grants received
$114,999,635
Grants paid
$1,430,859
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$197,124,053
Management and general expenses
$14,220,983
Fundraising expenses
$25,846,052
Program service expenses (Part III)
$197,124,053

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Goldberg

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $719,974
    From this org
    $675,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,327
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $645,892
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $29,755
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,527
    Filer's total
    $719,974

  • Pam Johnston

    GM thru 5/24

    Total calculated
    $715,947
    From this org
    $695,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,122
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,177
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $560,648
    Deferred
    $5,537
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,585
    Filer's total
    $715,947

  • Raney Aronson

    Exec Producer

    Total calculated
    $615,254
    From this org
    $594,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,058
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $542,976
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $1,220
    Deferred
    $10,390
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,668
    Filer's total
    $615,254

  • Shane Miner

    COO

    Total calculated
    $547,982
    From this org
    $496,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $495,307
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,065
    Filer's total
    $547,982

  • John Bredar

    VP National Programming

    Total calculated
    $490,684
    From this org
    $441,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,474
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $438,050
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,160
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,674
    Filer's total
    $490,684

  • Edward Wilson

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $405,317
    From this org
    $372,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,369
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,251
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,697
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,369
    Filer's total
    $405,317

  • Tina Cassidy

    Chief MktngOfficer

    Total calculated
    $399,090
    From this org
    $384,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $382,526
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,716
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,048
    Filer's total
    $399,090

  • Suzanne Zellner

    VP Corp Sponsorship & Mem thru12/24

    Total calculated
    $391,717
    From this org
    $354,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $351,749
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,789
    Deferred
    $8,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,708
    Filer's total
    $391,717

  • Susanne Simpson

    Exec Producer

    Total calculated
    $384,476
    From this org
    $353,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,859
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,440
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,177
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,059
    Filer's total
    $384,476

  • James Levy

    CFO & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $382,715
    From this org
    $371,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,208
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,624
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $23,883
    Deferred
    $10,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,033
    Filer's total
    $382,715

  • Liz Cheng

    Co-Exec Prod & Con

    Total calculated
    $379,134
    From this org
    $330,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,407
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $318,141
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $12,586
    Deferred
    $12,459
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,948
    Filer's total
    $379,134

  • Debra Simmons

    Editor-in-Chief

    Total calculated
    $373,595
    From this org
    $338,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,214
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,044
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,337
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,214
    Filer's total
    $373,595

  • Jonathan Abbott

    Special Advisor

    Total calculated
    $295,597
    From this org
    $249,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,536
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,061
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,266
    Filer's total
    $295,597

  • Susan Rosen

    VP Gen Counsel

    Total calculated
    $287,787
    From this org
    $256,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,767
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,223
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,797
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,767
    Filer's total
    $287,787

  • Eric Brass

    CorpConsl Clerk

    Total calculated
    $184,121
    From this org
    $165,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,192
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $992
    Deferred
    $6,651
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,286
    Filer's total
    $184,121

  • Henry Becton Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mohamad Ali

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcia Blenko

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian H Chu

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacy L Cowan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn B Dayton

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pam Eddinger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan Enriquez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Inomata

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan G Fentin

    Trst thru 3/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann M Fudge

    Chair thru 3/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Benjamin Gomez

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosemarie TorresJohnson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea E Kalyn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Klee

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul W Lee

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William A Lowell

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Hawley Miles

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan X Luo

    Trst thru 3/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elise McDonald

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mathai Mammen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy E Minehan

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha L Minow

    Chairwoman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Liz Morningstar

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marvin Lee Pelton

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alicia Rose

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vincent D Rougeau

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cyrus Taraporevala

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Rayport

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carmichael Roberts

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia L Strauss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William N Thorndike

    Trst thru 3/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Wagner

    Trst thru 3/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Weissbourd

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn Perry Wooten

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above
Compensation determinations are based on performance, considered within the context of independent benchmark data for comparable positions at similar organizations and supported by relevant documentation.
Part I, Line 8: Amounts reported on 990 VII pursuant to initial contract exemption described in Regs
Compensation amounts reported on Form 990, Part VII for President & CEO Susan Goldberg were paid pursuant to a contract that was subject to the initial contract exception. Susan Goldberg joined WGBH in December 2022.

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
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601359349314250

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