PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A320

Classification

2100

Street

1225 S CLARK STREET

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.

• PBS FOUNDATION

  EIN 20-1476451

Mission and programs · 2023

• CONTENT AND PROMOTION - A CORE FUNCTION UNDER PBS' MISSION AS A MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIVERSE CONTENT OFFERED TO ITS 150-MEMBER PUBLIC TELEVISION LICENSEES. PBS' WIDE ARRAY OF CONTENT EXPANDS THE MINDS OF CHILDREN, INCLUDES DOCUMENTARIES THAT ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC ON NEW WORLDS, NON-COMMERCIALIZED NEWS PROGRAMS THAT KEEP CITIZENS INFORMED ON WORLD EVENTS AND CULTURES AND PROGRAMS THAT EXPOSE AMERICA TO THE WORLDS OF MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE, AND ART. AS AMERICA'S LARGEST CLASSROOM, PBS IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN AND OFFERS EDUCATIONAL MEDIA THAT HELPS PREPARE CHILDREN FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE. PBS IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE POWER OF MEDIA INTO THE CLASSROOM AND HELPING EDUCATORS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN NEW AND DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS EXPENSE CATEGORY ALSO REPRESENTS INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM PROMOTION AND PRESS EFFORTS INTENDED TO INCREASE VIEWERSHIP AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF PUBLIC TELEVISION. THESE ACTIVITIES PROVIDE PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS WITH A BROAD ARRAY OF PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING ON-AIR ONLINE PROMOTIONAL SPOTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, PRINT AND RADIO ADVERTISING, PRESS SUPPORT AND THE COORDINATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION'S EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE AND POSITIONING.

  Expenses $413,854,922 · Grants $6,787,403 · Revenue $123,410,797

• DISTRIBUTION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - REPRESENTS NETWORK, MEDIA, AND SATELLITE OPERATION CENTERS HANDLING, TECHNICAL EVALUATION, AND OTHER PRE-TRANSMISSION PROCESSING OF ALL PROGRAM VIDEO; PROGRAM ORIGINATION TRANSMISSION INCLUDING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR NEWS AND OTHER LIVE EVENT COVERAGE, AND THE SCHEDULING AND LOGGING OF ALL SATELLITE FEEDS. THIS EXPENSE CATEGORY ALSO INCLUDES OTHER TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING, AND THE OVERSIGHT, LEASE, AND ACQUISITION OF SATELLITE CAPACITY.

  Expenses $75,519,446 · Grants $4,700 · Revenue $988,693

• MEMBER SERVICES - REPRESENTS SERVICES PROVIDED TO PBS' MEMBER STATIONS, INCLUDING DIGITAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT, AND COPYRIGHT ADMINISTRATION.

  Expenses $16,745,547 · Grants $1,204,329 · Revenue $108,669,386

• OTHER - REPRESENTS OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS AND PRODUCERS FROM CABLE AND LICENSE FEE REVENUE RECEIVED FROM CABLE AND SATELLITE PROVIDERS.

  Expenses $1,710,421 · Revenue $462,402

• VENTURES - REPRESENTS ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MARKETING AND SELLING PROGRAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION VIDEO-ON-DEMAND, DIGITAL CONTENT, PRODUCING AND MANUFACTURING PHYSICAL GOODS SUCH AS DVD AND BLU-RAY PRODUCTS AND PROGRAM-RELATED PRODUCTS; THE LICENSING, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS; THE LICENSING OF VIDEO CONTENT TO COMMERCIAL ONLINE AND MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS; AND ONLINE SPONSORSHIP ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $864,792 · Revenue $41,199,819

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.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $558,177,775

  Expenses

  $550,651,752

  Contributions

  $271,289,329

  Grants paid

  $7,996,432

• 2022

  Revenue

  $544,038,860

  Expenses

  $541,696,112

  Contributions

  $272,318,709

  Grants paid

  $4,876,818

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

• 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

  $542,977,687

  Expenses

  $506,773,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $589,216,027

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $502,085,658

  Expenses

  $448,645,167

  Assets (EOY)

  $565,452,721

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $550,502,628

  Expenses

  $552,098,934

  Assets (EOY)

  $494,836,049

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $463,343,885

  Expenses

  $499,334,168

  Assets (EOY)

  $471,597,021

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $538,918,769

  Expenses

  $494,948,684

  Assets (EOY)

  $498,865,753

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $531,744,453

  Expenses

  $468,108,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $461,757,189

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

• PBS FOUNDATION

  $5,121,418

  2023 · SEE PART IV: #1

• PBS FOUNDATION

  $3,270,970

  2022 · See Part IV: #1

• CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WEDH)

  $400,860

  2023 · SEE PART IV: #2

• WGBHEDUCATIONALFOUNDATION

  $332,882

  2023 · SEE PART IV: #7

• UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

  $247,208

  2022 · See PART IV: #3

• ROLLER COASTER ROAD PRODUCTIONS LLC

  $130,608

  2023 · SEE PART IV: #7

• KQED-TV

  $129,823

  2023 · SEE PART IV: #7

• MIGHTY PICNIC LLC

  $129,128

  2022 · See PART IV: #7

• TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION (KTCA)

  $125,000

  2022 · See PART IV: #4

• KQED-TV

  $121,000

  2022 · See PART IV: #4

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $94,126,936

  2024 · PUBINT

• PBS FOUNDATION

  $34,407,244

  2024 · PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE: RESTRICTED GRANTS (34,407,244) TO SUPPORT PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE PROGRAMMING.

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $34,400,000

  2023 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $32,520,368

  2024 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $29,000,000

  2022 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $20,325,945

  2023 · PUBINT

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $19,211,287

  2025 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $16,645,524

  2022 · RTL

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $16,127,556

  2023 · RTL

• PBS FOUNDATION

  $11,730,097

  2023 · SEE PART IV

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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