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GREATER CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC TELEVISION CORPORATION

EIN 62-1137597 CHATTANOOGA, TN

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Revenue 2024
$2,453,461
Expenses 2024
$2,915,197

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A320
Classification
2000
Street
7540 BONNYSHIRE DR

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WTCI ENRICHES LIVES THROUGH QUALITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT EDUCATE, ENGAGE, AND INSPIRE A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND EXPLORATION.

  • BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING - WTCI OFFERS OVER 300 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING EACH WEEK TO TELEVISION HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE 60 MILE OVER-THE-AIR VIEWING RADIUS AND THROUGH LOCAL CABLE AND SATELLITE TELEVISION SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO DOCUMENTING LOCAL ACTIVITIES, TELLING LOCAL STORIES AND GATHERING LOCAL CONTENT, WTCI BROADCASTS NATIONAL PBS PROGRAMMING AS WELL.

    Expenses $1,832,461 · Revenue $1,444

  • EDUCATION -WTCI PROVIDES 300 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ON-AIR EACH WEEK. FREE ONLINE RESOURCES, CLASSROOM AND TEACHER OUTREACH, TRAINING AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ENCOURAGE READING, WRITING AND MATH LITERACY AND ENRICHMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPAL AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS SUPPORT READING AND WRITING LITERACY THROUGH THE ANNUAL PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST OUTREACH, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES.

    Expenses $170,332

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - WTCI EDUCATES, ENGAGES AND INSPIRES A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND EXPLORATION THROUGH ON-AIR PROGRAMMING, ONLINE RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN A 35 COUNTY REGION. PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPAL AGENCIES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS AND PROGRAMS SUPPORT ENRICHMENT THROUGHOUT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. PUBLIC SCREENINGS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, DEBATES AND INFORMATIVE, EDUCATIONAL LOCAL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT THE ON-AIR AND COMMUNITY-WIDE SERVICES AND OUTREACH SPONSORED BY WTCI.

    Expenses $18,187

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jo Coke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Barrett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Arfken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Florence Pipkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cole Powell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Fell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Tanner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yousef Hamadeh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Martin

    DEV. COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chloe Morrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Biddy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Gatlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Brandao

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kerry Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Agnes Richmond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jeffrey Gefter

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edna Varner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Todd

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Trimiew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Schreader

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Davidson

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert Culkeen

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $161,524
    From this org
    $156,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,053
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,671
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,053
    Filer's total
    $161,524

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,453,461
    Expenses
    $2,915,197
    Contributions
    $2,321,519
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,190,264
    Expenses
    $2,765,389
    Contributions
    $3,034,026
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,260,651
    Expenses
    $2,550,018
    Contributions
    $2,129,890
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,478,366
    Expenses
    $2,513,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,254,275
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,594,114
    Expenses
    $2,544,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,647,052
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,650,961
    Expenses
    $2,231,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,738,223
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,186,831
    Expenses
    $2,409,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,592,833
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,284,250
    Expenses
    $2,519,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,695,914

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.