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← SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,019,575
Total expenses
$2,983,295
Contributions and grants received
$2,007,852
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,723
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$437,967
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,147,849
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,709,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,636,762
Management and general expenses
$248,336
Fundraising expenses
$98,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,636,762

Program services were 88.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,007,852

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,723 · excluded $11,723

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,306,781 · program services $1,110,764 · management and general $130,678 · fundraising $65,339

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,042 · program services $42,536 · management and general $5,004 · fundraising $2,502

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,937 · program services $70,496 · management and general $8,294 · fundraising $4,147

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,939 · management and general $51,939

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,321 · program services $9,321

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,698 · program services $83,893 · management and general $9,870 · fundraising $4,935

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $98,783 · program services $83,966 · management and general $9,878 · fundraising $4,939

  • 17 · Travel

    total $76,508 · program services $65,032 · management and general $7,651 · fundraising $3,825

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $229,101 · program services $194,736 · management and general $22,910 · fundraising $11,455

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,309 · program services $14,713 · management and general $1,731 · fundraising $865

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,809 · program services $3,238 · management and general $381 · fundraising $190

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

    total $314,837 · program services $314,837

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,279 · program services $18,279

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITING

    total $14,272 · program services $14,272

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRODUCTION SERVICES

    total $3,911 · program services $3,911

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $606,768 · program services $606,768

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $115 · end of year $563

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $462,300 · end of year $348,614

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $101,114 · end of year $88,790

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,546 · end of year $122,364

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $123,816 · end of year $2,025,485

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $381,167 · end of year -$1,709,882

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION IS TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF SESAME WORKSHOP, INTERNATIONALLY, HELPING KIDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD GROW SMARTER, STRONGER AND KINDER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONALLY.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $2,636,762

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Youngwood

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,060,482
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,022,143
    Other
    $38,339
    Hours/week
    0 + 62.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $746,418 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $274,431 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,294 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,839 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,060,482 related

  • Sherrie Rollins Westin

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $898,021
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $864,748
    Other
    $33,273
    Hours/week
    0 + 60.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $621,380 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $237,930 related
    Other
    $0 + $5,438 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,434 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,839 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $898,021 related

  • Joseph Salvo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $582,918
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $521,954
    Other
    $60,964
    Hours/week
    1 + 64 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $393,137 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $123,200 related
    Other
    $0 + $5,617 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,317 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,647 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $582,918 related

  • Shari Rosenfeld

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $524,915
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $435,185
    Other
    $89,730
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $332,369 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,385 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,431 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $59,230 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $524,915 related

  • Diana Lee

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $498,489
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $444,333
    Other
    $54,156
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $334,637 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $104,720 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,976 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,656 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $498,489 related

  • Valerie Mitchell-Johnston

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $428,400
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $341,585
    Other
    $86,815
    Hours/week
    1 + 62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $262,148 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $78,792 related
    Other
    $0 + $645 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,475 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $59,340 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $428,400 related

  • David Chan

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $408,681
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $343,994
    Other
    $64,687
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $262,374 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $78,792 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,828 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,175 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,512 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $408,681 related

  • H Whitfield Higgins

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 8/12/22)

    Total calculated
    $407,788
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $345,835
    Other
    $61,953
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $264,558 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $80,850 related
    Other
    $0 + $427 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,625 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $41,328 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $407,788 related

  • Maureen Trantham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $394,058
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $353,173
    Other
    $40,885
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $263,607 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $89,320 related
    Other
    $0 + $246 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,885 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $394,058 related

  • George Wells

    DIRECTOR (THRU 8/12/22)

    Total calculated
    $302,678
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $270,820
    Other
    $31,858
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $269,270 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,550 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $25,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,108 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $302,678 related

  • Brett Robinson

    EVP & CFO (AS OF 11/3/22)

    Total calculated
    $106,026
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $95,316
    Other
    $10,710
    Hours/week
    1 + 62.5 related

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

None.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CTW COMMUNICATIONS INC

    C · HOLDING · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME WORKSHOP INITIATIVES (INDIA) PLC

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · IN

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET BRAND MGMT & SVC SHANGHAI

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · CH

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME 51 PRODUCTION INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME 52 PRODUCTION INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME SERVICES FP INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE · 100% owned · share of income $22,166

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME STREET JAPAN GK

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · JA · 100% owned · share of income $325,002 · share of assets $922,311

    Directly controlled by SESAME SERVICES FP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 53 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 54 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME WORKSHOP EUROPE GMBH

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · GM · 100% owned · share of income $770,001 · share of assets $1,239,064

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME WORKSHOP LATIN AMERICA SDE RL DE CV

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · MX · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

  • SESAME STREET SEASON 55 PRODUCTIONS INC

    C · VIDEO PRODUCTION · DE

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP

  • SESAME WORKSHOP EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA NPC

    C · EDUCA. MEDIA · SF · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by SESAME WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349305880

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