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← WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,120,585
Total expenses
$43,181,662
Contributions and grants received
$29,787,568
Grants paid
$52,767
Program service revenue
$9,125,449
Investment income
$200,053
Other revenue
$7,515
Total assets, end of year
$89,441,904
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,765,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$73,676,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$28,183,706
Management and general expenses
$5,904,189
Fundraising expenses
$9,093,767
Program service expenses (Part III)
$28,183,706

Program services were 65.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,279,664

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,272,004

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $25,235,900

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $526,484

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION UNDERWRITING

    total $4,825,320 · related or exempt $4,216,699 · unrelated business $608,621

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP, UNDERWRITING & ADVER

    total $2,656,221 · related or exempt $1,007,804 · unrelated business $1,648,417

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION SERVICES

    total $832,822 · related or exempt $366,192 · unrelated business $466,630

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RADIO PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING

    total $811,086 · related or exempt $811,086

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $191,685 · excluded $191,685

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $170,138 · unrelated business $2,325 · excluded $167,813

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,673,963

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

    securities $8,665,595

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,368

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,368 · excluded $8,368

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,600

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

    $1,279,664

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $444,007

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$387,407 · excluded -$387,407

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $204,650 · unrelated business $67,676 · excluded $136,974

  • 11b · Other revenue: MAILING LIST RENTAL

    total $20,134 · excluded $20,134

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $224,784

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $52,767 · program services $52,767

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $986,382 · program services $246,596 · management and general $641,148 · fundraising $98,638

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,799,947 · program services $10,269,966 · management and general $2,369,992 · fundraising $3,159,989

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $654,079 · program services $392,447 · management and general $163,520 · fundraising $98,112

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,899,066 · program services $1,329,346 · management and general $227,888 · fundraising $341,832

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,131,874 · program services $825,501 · management and general $128,985 · fundraising $177,388

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $135,744 · program services $1,732 · management and general $128,207 · fundraising $5,805

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $214,853 · management and general $214,853

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $482,977 · fundraising $482,977

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $210,952 · management and general $210,952

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,874,469 · program services $2,783,292 · management and general $204,686 · fundraising $1,886,491

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $763,833 · program services $731,383 · fundraising $32,450

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,845,353 · program services $712,158 · management and general $673,262 · fundraising $459,933

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $858,167 · program services $559,997 · management and general $290,364 · fundraising $7,806

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $358,737 · program services $358,737

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,055,404 · program services $840,470 · management and general $214,934

  • 17 · Travel

    total $205,927 · program services $123,478 · management and general $49,681 · fundraising $32,768

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,794 · program services $6,545 · management and general $3,950 · fundraising $4,299

  • 20 · Interest

    total $127,533 · program services $127,533

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,111,994 · program services $1,817,310 · management and general $127,751 · fundraising $166,933

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $279,558 · program services $279,558

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM DUES & ACQUISIT

    total $5,498,245 · program services $5,498,245

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $1,126,896 · program services $21,450 · management and general $2,383 · fundraising $1,103,063

  • 24c · Other expenses: PREMIUMS

    total $1,098,078 · program services $79,803 · management and general $419 · fundraising $1,017,856

  • 24d · Other expenses: CO-PRODUCTION FEES

    total $788,381 · program services $771,706 · fundraising $16,675

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $605,652 · program services $353,686 · management and general $251,214 · fundraising $752

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $546,841 · end of year $717,940

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,162,820 · end of year $3,792,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,452,129 · end of year $873,088

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $194,896 · end of year $194,896

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $463,827 · end of year $745,407

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

    $82,360,081

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

    $60,488,817

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,224,683 · end of year $21,871,264

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $32,264,638 · end of year $31,207,401

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,630,383 · end of year $22,535,934

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $327,124 · end of year $327,124

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,425,319 · end of year $7,176,850

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,575,996 · end of year $3,088,434

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $868,963 · end of year $616,087

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,150,000 · end of year $7,100,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $759,697 · end of year $4,960,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,724,332 · end of year $35,656,499

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,613,672 · end of year $38,019,984

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WTTW AND WFMT ARE COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AND PRESENTING TRUSTED, BEST-IN-CLASS CONTENT FUELED BY A DISTINCTLY CHICAGO SENSIBILITY. WE ENGAGE OUR AUDIENCES BY ENTERTAINING, INSPIRING, EDUCATING AND REFLECTING A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES.

  • WTTW PRODUCES LOCAL AND NATIONAL PRODUCTIONS, THAT ARE BROADCAST LOCALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AND AROUND CHICAGOLAND. OUR PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHT THE CITY AND PROVIDE CULTURAL AND INFORMATIVE CONTENTS. WTTW ALSO PRODUCES A NIGHTLY NEWS PROGRAM CALLED CHICAGO TONIGHT.

    Expenses $8,455,112 · Revenue $4,216,699

  • WTTW IS CHICAGO'S PBS MEMBER STATION COMMITTED TO CREATING AND PRESENTING UNIQUE CONTENT FOR TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA. WE ARE DEDICATED TO ENRICHING LIVES, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, AND INSPIRING EXPLORATION THROUGH OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, INNOVATION, AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING.

    Expenses $6,764,089 · Grants $52,767 · Revenue $1,007,804

  • WFMT IS CHICAGO'S ONLY CLASSICAL RADIO STATION. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENRICHING LIVES, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, AND INSPIRING EXPLORATION THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. WFMT SHOWCASES LOCAL TALENT AND HAS A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY WITHIN CLASSICAL MUSIC.

    Expenses $3,100,208 · Revenue $811,086

  • OTHER SOURCES OF EXPENSE ARE:1) THE ADVERTISING/UNDERWRITING SALES DEPARTMENT2) WEBSITES3) VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES SUCH AS: FACILITIES RENTAL, INTERNET ADVERTISING, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS.

    Expenses $9,864,297 · Revenue $366,192

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra Micek

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $708,639
    From this org
    $687,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $537,585
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,754
    Filer's total
    $708,639
  • David C Blowers

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Chris E Abbinante

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Renee Crown

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Theresa O Frankiewicz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Mark A Hoppe

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • James H Wooten

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Cary D McMillan

    TREASURER & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Jessica G Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Phillip A Alphonse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Nicholas Antoine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • John W Ballantine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Robert H Baum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Norman R Bobins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Alan A Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • William G Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Erin Clifford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Robert A Clifford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Richard W Colburn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Lewis Collens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Tilden Cummings Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Sidney Dillard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Hiranda S Donoghue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Howard S Dubin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Elizabeth Duncan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Gail M Elden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • James D Firth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Scott J Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Esther Et Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Marshall B Front

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Graham C Grady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Robert S Hamada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • J Thomas Hurvis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Loretta L Julian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Daniel E Levin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Connie L Lindsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • David K Mabie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Peter B McNitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Alexandra C Nichols

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • David R Olivencia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Mark B Pinsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Peter B Pond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Emma Rodriguez-Ayala

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Katie Rooney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Shirley Welsh Ryan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Rachel Saunders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Gordon Segal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Jennifer L Sherman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Robert S Silver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Dr Ian Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Christopher P Valenti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Donna Van Eekeren

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Kristin Carlson Vogen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Robert J Washlow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Raymond Whitacre

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Anthony F Woodside Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Elizabeth B Yntema

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • David E Zyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.65
  • Jitin Garg

    VP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $263,468
    From this org
    $247,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,722
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,746
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,534
    Filer's total
    $263,468
  • Jill Britton

    SR VP & CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $368,894
    From this org
    $312,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,855
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,039
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,774
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,081
    Filer's total
    $368,894
  • Anne Gleason

    SR VP, MARKETING AND DIGITAL

    Total calculated
    $299,296
    From this org
    $271,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,259
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,037
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,144
    Filer's total
    $299,296
  • Geoffrey Baer

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $246,702
    From this org
    $217,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,507
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,195
    Filer's total
    $246,702
  • Derrick Young

    VP, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $191,611
    From this org
    $190,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,226
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,385
    Filer's total
    $191,611
  • Alexander Saunders

    DIRECTOR OF SALES, WFMT

    Total calculated
    $198,643
    From this org
    $166,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,593
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $73,321
    Bonus
    $92,729
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,399
    Filer's total
    $198,643

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 · 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 7
AS INDICATED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED BONUSES BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THESE BONUSES ARE DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE AND APROVED BY THE BOARD. IN ADDITION, DURING THE YEAR THE DIRECTOR OF SALES RECEIVED COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF COMMISSIONS, WHICH IS NON-FIXED IN NATURE.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349304369

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