- Revenue 2023
- $17,645,297
- Expenses 2023
- $19,563,077
Program services were 65.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A300
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 740 BISMARK RD NE
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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WABE FOUNDATION INC
EIN 84-3475573
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
WABE STRIVES TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED, ENRICHED, CONNECTED ATLANTA COMMUNITY THROUGH NEWS, ARTS AND CULTURE, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT ON RADIO, TV, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS AS WELL AS BY HOSTING A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE AND ENABLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER, CELEBRATING OUR COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES. TOGETHER, OUR PERSPECTIVES ARE MORE COMPLETE AND INSPIRE CHANGE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
WABE STRIVES TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED, ENRICHED, CONNECTED ATLANTA COMMUNITY THROUGH NEWS, ARTS AND CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
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Radio: WABE-FM provides 24-hour daily programming, in conjunction with its website at www.wabe.org, that informs metro Atlanta about what's going on across the world and in their various communities. Approximately 256,600 listeners each WEEK DURING FY24 LISTENED TO THE STATION. This quality programming incudes local news reporting along with nationally produced programming from National Public Radio (NPR) and locally produced shows, Closer Look and City Lights. Closer Look is a daily newsmagazine that functions as a community forum for key leaders, experts, and members of the broader community to share ideas and explore issues on a wide variety of important topics. City Lights is a daily arts and culture program that provides a view into Atlanta's rich creative achievements. Local news reporting is a major emphasis of the station. Programming also includes classical music as well as jazz and blues programming. In addition, a series of podcasts covering local politics and other relevant topics. Buried Truths, a national award-winning podcast, investigates stories of injustice, resilience, and racism in the American South. Gold Dome Scramble and Political Breakfast podcasts are hosted by veteran Atlanta political reporters who facilitate the dialog between political strategists from the right and left about a broad variety of timely issues on a biweekly basis.
Expenses $5,813,156
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TV: WABE-TV, is a public television station that, in conjunction with website content at www.wabe.org, is viewed each week by approximately 170,000 people. The station provides a broad variety of educational, informational, entertainment, and cultural programming for all age groups. Programming is sourced from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and other providers. WABE-TV also produces and broadcasts local Atlanta features capturing interesting highlights about the community, including Sounds Like ATL and Atlanta On Film. For Atlantan's who hunger for learning and enrichment, WABE-TV is the only publicly funded entertainment platform rooted in discovery, culture and community that tells the story of the world through the eyes of Atlanta.
Expenses $3,400,418 · Revenue $1,373,289
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Digital: WABE extends the radio and TV experience by offering a companion website for each of the stations, www.wabe.org. The website provides a wide variety of local and national reporting and programming, and, in addition, expands the audience experience to include other options, including streaming online, apps, and social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. There are 3 HD streams that include the WABE broadcast as well as a continuous news stream of BBC international news geared to a U.S. audience and a classical music stream.
Expenses $2,702,734
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Jennifer Ruth Dorian
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $338,966
- From this org
- $300,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,966
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $300,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $36,180
- Filer's total
- $339,180
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Jared David Blass
SVP of Philanthropy and Corpor
- Total calculated
- $263,567
- From this org
- $223,410
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,157
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $223,410
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,833
- Nontaxable benefits
- $31,538
- Filer's total
- $263,781
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Alay Mehta
Chief Technology Officer
- Total calculated
- $228,790
- From this org
- $194,834
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,956
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $194,834
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,360
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,810
- Filer's total
- $229,004
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Sherri Daye Scott
Chief Marketing Officer
- Total calculated
- $201,175
- From this org
- $183,578
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,597
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $183,578
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,215
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,596
- Filer's total
- $201,389
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Kenneth Brown
Chief People Officer
- Total calculated
- $192,000
- From this org
- $187,659
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,341
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $187,659
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,860
- Nontaxable benefits
- $695
- Filer's total
- $192,214
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Samuel Delaney
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $191,424
- From this org
- $172,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,809
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,615
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,905
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,118
- Filer's total
- $191,638
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Daniel Keller-Bradshaw
Sr Director of Originals &Prod
- Total calculated
- $174,836
- From this org
- $138,016
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,820
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $138,016
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $1,380
- Nontaxable benefits
- $35,654
- Filer's total
- $175,050
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Glenda Renee Davis
VP of Membership
- Total calculated
- $174,552
- From this org
- $134,692
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,860
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $134,692
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,041
- Nontaxable benefits
- $36,033
- Filer's total
- $174,766
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Alison Curran Hashimoto
Senior Vice President of Video
- Total calculated
- $168,929
- From this org
- $153,462
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,467
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,462
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $762
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,865
- Filer's total
- $169,089
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Scott Gerard Woelfel
Chief Content Officer-May 23'
- Total calculated
- $160,271
- From this org
- $144,479
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,792
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $144,479
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,779
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,102
- Filer's total
- $160,360
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Denise Bagley Willis
Sr. Account Manager
- Total calculated
- $155,138
- From this org
- $148,783
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,355
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,783
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,951
- Nontaxable benefits
- $600
- Filer's total
- $155,334
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Harry Alexander Helmick
Managing Editor
- Total calculated
- $152,081
- From this org
- $135,106
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,975
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,106
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,404
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,785
- Filer's total
- $152,295
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Santiago J Perez-Varela
VP OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $151,730
- From this org
- $145,894
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,836
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,894
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,836
- Nontaxable benefits
- $214
- Filer's total
- $151,944
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Julie Salisbury
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Afshan Ali
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robin Boren
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cynthia B Brown
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erica Hoholick
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrea Montag
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Melissa Proctor
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hedy Rubinger
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Penny McPhee
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Ann Cramer
Lifetime Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrew Andy ChangANDREW ANDY CHANG
Vice-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William Bill ClevelandWILLIAM BILL CLEVELAND
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $17,645,297
- Expenses
- $19,563,077
- Contributions
- $15,637,684
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $20,934,565
- Expenses
- $18,202,884
- Contributions
- $19,768,308
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $16,306,091
- Expenses
- $16,109,482
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,845,819
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $16,413,589
- Expenses
- $14,855,679
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,527,387
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,613,349
- Expenses
- $15,027,569
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,184,354
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,523,559
- Expenses
- $16,012,868
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,442,292
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$368,539
2022 SUPPORT
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$365,988
2023 SUPPORT
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2023 ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$192,912
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2024 ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$97,402
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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501(c)(3) · SUPPORT · GA
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
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On its 2023 return
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.