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← BROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,250,236
Total expenses
$962,319
Contributions and grants received
$353,870
Grants paid
$44,000
Program service revenue
$508,520
Investment income
$279,398
Other revenue
$108,448
Total assets, end of year
$4,714,656
Total liabilities, end of year
$204,701
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,509,955
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$521,581
Management and general expenses
$434,963
Fundraising expenses
$5,775
Program service expenses (Part III)
$521,581

Program services were 54.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $353,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONVENTION

    total $270,549 · related or exempt $270,549

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $158,720 · related or exempt $158,720

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $61,526 · related or exempt $61,526

  • 2d · Program service revenue: JOB POSTINGS

    total $17,725 · related or exempt $17,725

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $156,645 · excluded $156,645

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $108,448 · excluded $108,448

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,081,125

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

    securities $958,372

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $122,753

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $122,753 · excluded $122,753

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $44,000 · program services $44,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $149,745 · program services $65,888 · management and general $82,360 · fundraising $1,497

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $171,890 · program services $45,964 · management and general $123,957 · fundraising $1,969

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,876 · program services $2,391 · management and general $4,411 · fundraising $74

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,952 · program services $2,418 · management and general $4,459 · fundraising $75

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,920 · program services $8,318 · management and general $15,344 · fundraising $258

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $325 · management and general $325

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,947 · management and general $61,947

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $40,929 · management and general $40,929

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,418 · program services $11,000 · management and general $18,418

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $525 · program services $525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,631 · program services $39,375 · management and general $11,608 · fundraising $1,648

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,572 · program services $8,197 · management and general $15,121 · fundraising $254

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,094 · program services $7,930 · management and general $17,164

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $256,066 · program services $237,051 · management and general $19,015

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,428 · management and general $6,428

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND EDITING

    total $44,162 · program services $44,162

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $13,477 · management and general $13,477

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,362 · program services $4,362

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $93,567 · end of year $126,822

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,030 · end of year $10,031

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $36,783 · end of year $37,398

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,113 · end of year $31,808

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

    $36,039

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

    $36,039

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,834,864 · end of year $4,436,805

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $81,284 · end of year $71,792

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $358 · end of year $5,347

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $188,741 · end of year $199,354

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $841,626 · end of year $871,697

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,094,916 · end of year $3,638,258

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

BEA IS THE PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MEDIA ORGANIZATION, DRIVING INSIGHTS, EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND PROFESSIONALS. THE ASSOCIATION'S PUBLICATIONS, ANNUAL CONVENTION, WEB-BASED PROGRAMS, AND REGIONAL DISTRICT ACTIVITIES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JURIED PRODUCTION COMPETITION AND PRESENTATION OF CURRENT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH RELATED TO ASPECTS OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA. BEA SERVES AS A FORUM FOR EXPOSITION, ANALYSIS, AND DEBATE OF ISSUES OF SOCIAL IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOP MEMBERS' AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY TO THESE ISSUES AND TO THEIR RAMIFICATIONS, WHICH WILL HELP MEMBERS DEVELOP AS MORE THOUGHTFUL PRACTITIONERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BEA IS THE PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MEDIA ORGANIZATION, DRIVING INSIGHTS, EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND PROFESSIONALS.

  • ANNUAL MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS PROMOTE BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG ACADEMICIANS, RESEARCHERS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIA PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $403,149 · Revenue $429,269

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $62,704 · Grants $44,000

  • PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA, JOURNAL OF RADIO & AUDIO MEDIA, AND JOURNAL OF MEDIA EDUCATION - SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EMPHASIZING NEW DEVELOPMENTS, TRENDS RESEARCH RELATED TO ELECTRONIC MEDIA.

    Expenses $38,982 · Revenue $61,526

  • DIVISION ACTIVITIES: SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS WITHIN BEA THAT RELATE TO VARIOUS INITIATIVES IMPORTANT TO BEA'S MEMBERSHIP BASE.

    Expenses $16,746 · Revenue $17,725

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Meadows

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thom Baggerman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Ryan

    SECRETARY/TREASURER & DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenda Balas

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Merritt

    VICE PRESIDENT (THRU APRIL)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Fox

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (THRU APRIL)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Artman

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Magee

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Kuban

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Evans

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Shelton

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Wilson David

    DISTRICT REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Kamon

    INDUSTRY REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Antonio Mora

    DISTRICT REP. (FROM APRIL)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Birks

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,746
    From this org
    $130,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,996
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621189349300137

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