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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EASTERN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,105,032
Total expenses
$16,212,329
Contributions and grants received
$16,928
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$16,289,397
Investment income
$798,707
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,496,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,855,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,640,955
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,814,750
Management and general expenses
$2,397,579
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,814,750

Program services were 85.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $16,928

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Domestic Program Distribution

    total $11,611,802 · related or exempt $11,611,802 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Digital Program Distribution

    total $1,120,761 · related or exempt $1,120,761 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: International Program Distribution

    total $3,556,834 · related or exempt $3,556,834 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $479,452 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $479,452

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

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

  • 5 · Royalties

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

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,798,983 · other assets $0

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

    securities $2,479,728 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $319,255 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $319,255 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $319,255

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

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

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    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.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,901,211 · program services $1,094,188 · management and general $807,023 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,136,676 · program services $2,567,150 · management and general $569,526 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $269,263 · program services $229,232 · management and general $40,031 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $611,742 · program services $418,451 · management and general $193,291 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $326,665 · program services $248,009 · management and general $78,656 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,317 · program services $18,935 · management and general $7,382 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,785 · program services $44,465 · management and general $16,320 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services -$63,246 · management and general $63,246 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $466,786 · program services $361,059 · management and general $105,727 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $145,908 · program services $126,073 · management and general $19,835 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $220,429 · program services $148,246 · management and general $72,183 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,041 · program services $49,536 · management and general $14,505 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $710,465 · program services $549,545 · management and general $160,920 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254,087 · program services $60,338 · management and general $193,749 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $77,206 · program services $63,214 · management and general $13,992 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $130,867 · program services $101,226 · management and general $29,641 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,997 · program services $39,445 · management and general $11,552

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Rights

    total $6,740,862 · program services $6,740,862 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Distribution

    total $1,018,022 · program services $1,018,022 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,062,517 · end of year $606,972

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $352,917 · end of year $533,923

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $134,641 · end of year $267,998

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

    $1,014,529

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

    $387,378

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $693,092 · end of year $627,151

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,085,523 · end of year $16,696,340

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,394,973 · end of year $3,764,332

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $597,226 · end of year $625,591

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,170,208 · end of year $1,305,526

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,331,302 · end of year $5,924,644

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,382,943 · end of year $14,398,971

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $241,984 · end of year $241,984

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Develop and deliver valued program choices and services in partnership with America's public television community. Since 1961, American Public Television has been a leading distributor of high-quality programming to the nation's public television stations. With approximately 4,000 hours of available programming, APT identifies innovative programs and creative distribution techniques for producers.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Develop and deliver valued program choices and services in partnership with America's public television community. Since 1961, American Public Television has been a leading distributor of high-quality programming to the nation's public television stations. With approximately 4,000 hours of available programming, APT identifies innovative programs and creative distribution techniques for producers. For six decades, we have established a tradition of providing public television stations with the choices that enable them to strengthen and customize their schedules.

  • Domestic distribution of educational public television programming in the United States. On an annual basis, APT's three core programming services collectively provide nearly 4,000 hours of content to help the 350+ independent public television stations across the United States customize and strengthen their broadcast schedules. Each service specializes in different genres: Exchange specializes in documentaries, how-to, lifestyle and travel series; Syndication specializes in international productions (drama, comedy, documentary), and feature-film packages; Premium Service specializes in high-profile performance specials.

    Expenses $10,321,979 · Revenue $11,611,802

  • Digital distribution of educational public television programming in the United States. In 2006, APT launched the national Create(r) TV channel featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. Today, Create TV reaches approximately 85% of United States television households. Create TV is a nationwide channel produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT), New York-based WNET and WGBH Boston in association with the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Create TV features public television "do-it-yourself" series and specials on cooking, travel, arts and crafts, gardening, home improvement and other lifestyle interests. Create TV was launched to serve an increasing interest from viewers in the "do-it-yourself" genre, and was designed for round-the-clock broadcast of the most popular lifestyle and how-to programming seen on public television. To develop the national release of the Create TV channel, American Public Television (APT) collaborated with WNET and WGBH Boston, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2007, the public affairs and documentary channel WORLD(sm) premiered; in 2011 it expanded into a multi-platform offering. WORLD is distributed by APT and is broadcast with coverage reaching nearly two-thirds of the USA. WORLD is a 24/7, full service multicast channel featuring nonfiction documentary, science and news programming, produced and distributed by WGBH/Boston, American Public Television (APT) and WNET/New York in association with PBS and NETA. WORLD's goals include the development, curation and creation of content which complements the programming seen on primary public television channels. With WORLD, local public television station licensees are able to provide two to three times more independent, nonfiction programming than is featured on most of their primary channels, and provide viewers with independent voices telling personal stories from around the globe.

    Expenses $629,455 · Revenue $1,120,761

  • Distribute English language educational programming to platforms outside of U.S. public media. In 1999, APT introduced APT Worldwide, its licensing division responsible for providing programming to the global marketplace. APT Worldwide licenses content to broadcasters and distributors in every territory, and across multiple distribution platforms, including terrestrial, cable, digital, satellite, HD, DVD, internet, VOD, mobile and educational. Our program catalog includes award-winning documentaries, popular cooking and travel series, current affair programs as well as science, history, health and business titles.

    Expenses $2,863,316 · Revenue $3,556,834

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cynthia A Fenneman

    Former President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $359,487
    From this org
    $314,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,405
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,398
    Bonus
    $87,234
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $22,884
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,521
    Filer's total
    $359,487

  • Shawn Halford

    Executive Vice President, Content

    Total calculated
    $329,869
    From this org
    $266,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,488
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,971
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $2,409
    Deferred
    $25,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,003
    Filer's total
    $329,868

  • Paul Higgins

    Chief Operating Officer, Clerk

    Total calculated
    $291,792
    From this org
    $243,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,657
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,729
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $2,406
    Deferred
    $23,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,582
    Filer's total
    $291,792

  • James Dunford

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $281,865
    From this org
    $249,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,628
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,032
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,205
    Deferred
    $18,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,840
    Filer's total
    $281,865

  • Judy Barlow

    Executive Vice President, Growth

    Total calculated
    $274,438
    From this org
    $221,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,040
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,154
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $2,244
    Deferred
    $21,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,014
    Filer's total
    $274,437

  • Dan Soles

    VP, Premium Service / Syndication

    Total calculated
    $260,932
    From this org
    $229,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,285
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,339
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $2,308
    Deferred
    $21,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,760
    Filer's total
    $260,932

  • Anand Kavalapara

    Vice President, Technology

    Total calculated
    $237,739
    From this org
    $189,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,083
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,801
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $1,855
    Deferred
    $17,890
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,193
    Filer's total
    $237,739

  • Olivia Wong

    Vice President, Communications

    Total calculated
    $216,944
    From this org
    $186,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,649
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,395
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $1,901
    Deferred
    $17,836
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,813
    Filer's total
    $216,945

  • Nicholas Pollard

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $202,792
    From this org
    $149,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,109
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,089
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $1,593
    Deferred
    $14,863
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,247
    Filer's total
    $202,792

  • Tom Davison

    Director, Business Development

    Total calculated
    $184,604
    From this org
    $140,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,107
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,083
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $1,414
    Deferred
    $13,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,659
    Filer's total
    $184,604

  • Hilary Buxton

    Director, Exchange

    Total calculated
    $176,712
    From this org
    $131,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,343
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,974
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $1,396
    Deferred
    $13,017
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,326
    Filer's total
    $176,713

  • David Rubinsohn

    Director, Premium Service / Syndication

    Total calculated
    $172,285
    From this org
    $130,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,050
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,688
    Bonus
    $5,750
    Other
    $1,797
    Deferred
    $12,567
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,484
    Filer's total
    $172,286

  • Lisa Shumate

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mare Mazur

    Chair Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Dunlop

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda O'Bryon

    Chair Finance Committee, Treasurer, Executive Compensation

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronnie Agnew

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ford

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve McGowan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Becky Magura

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Padgett

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Pisaneschi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Courtney Pledger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Candice Seiger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neal Shapiro

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • C C Copeland

    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, 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 · 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.

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
1 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530919349301318

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