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HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 54-0843118 NORFOLK, VA

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Revenue 2024
$18,768,634
Expenses 2024
$17,044,385

Program services were 76.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A32
Classification
2000
Street
5200 HAMPTON BLVD

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

IMPROVE THE CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITIZENS OF EASTERN VA THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIB. OF IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT.

  • BROADCAST AND DIGITAL CONTENT- WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA IS THE LOCAL PUBLIC TELEVISION BROADCASTER IN EASTERN VIRGINIA, PROVIDING QUALITY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING ON FOUR CHANNELS 24 HOURS A DAY. FROM CHILDREN'S SHOWS LIKE SESAME STREET, DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD TO PBS SHOWCASE PROGRAMS LIKE NOVA, MASTERPIECE, PBS NEWSHOUR, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND FRONTLINE, WHRO-TV 15 PROVIDES QUALITY PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES. LOCAL BROADCASTS AND DIGITAL CONTENT INCLUDE, CURATE, AND DOCUMENTARIES SUCH AS CITY VOICES: HOMELESSNESS TO HOPEFULNESS. WHRO BROADCASTS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION THAT DELIGHTS CHILDREN WHILE BUILDING READING, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATH SKILLS, PROGRAMS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING, PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTARIES, PERFORMANCE PROGRAMMING CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE COUNTRY, ACCLAIMED HISTORY, SCIENCE AND NATURE PROGRAMMING, AND THE BEST IN INDEPENDENT FILMS. WHRV 89.5 FM RADIO IS THE PLACE TO HEAR NPR PROGRAMS LIKE MORNING EDITION AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA'S MARKETPLACE, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE, JAZZ AND FOLK MUSIC. ANOTHER VIEW HOSTED BY BARBARA HAMM LEE PROVIDES A FORUM TO THE OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND OPINIONS. PODCASTS/BROADCASTS INCLUDE OUT THE BOX ALBUM OF THE WEEK, OPENING NIGHT WITH REBECCA EVANS, BIRDNOTES, EDUCATIONALLY SPEAKING, THE EMERGING LEADERS SMART PILL, WRITER'S BLOCK AND ARTS CONVERSATIONS. WHRO 90.3 FM RADIO PROVIDES 24-HOUR CLASSICAL MUSIC AND FINE ARTS PROGRAMMING AND IS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MANY FINE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS TO RECORD AND BROADCAST CONCERTS, PROMOTE EVENTS, AND HIGHLIGHT THE RICH CULTURAL OFFERINGS OF OUR REGION INCLUDING BROADCASTS OF PERFORMANCES BY VISITING ARTISTS.

    Expenses $7,306,396 · Revenue $248,891

  • DELIVERS EARLY LEARNING, TEACHER TRAINING, AND ONLINE CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INCLUDING ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION COURSES CORRELATED TO THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING, AND A DIGITAL ASSET LIBRARY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RICH MEDIA ELEMENTS PROVIDED TO ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND HOME SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE STATE.

    Expenses $2,949,909 · Revenue $1,193,439

  • PROVIDING ONLINE SUPPORT FOR EMEDIA VA TO SCHOOLS,STUDENTS,AND TEACHERS TROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. PROVIDES TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO THE INTERNAL STAFF AND PLATFORMS FOR STREAMING SERVICES. PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN TECHNOLOGIES THAT SECURE THE PRIVATE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS FROM INTERNET FRAUD.PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR CELL PHONE COMPANIES 24/7, 365 DAYS AND PROVIDES MAINTENANCE,REPAIR AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO STUDIOS AND OUR TRANSMITTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT EASTERN VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE.

    Expenses $2,794,917 · Revenue $2,149,591

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.

  • Bertel Schmidt

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $307,321
    From this org
    $282,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,849
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,785
    Filer's total
    $307,321
  • Emily Steinhilber

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patrick McDermott

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Win Short

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Yvonne Allmond

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alonzo Brandon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benming Zhang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittany Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Jacobson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cari Parrish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Devore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Ford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chinedu Okala

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Winchester

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Elie Bracy III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jonathan Romero

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Marcia Conston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Olwen Herron

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eileen Olds

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg McCracken

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwen Gilbert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luis Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Sterling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Porter

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $18,768,634
    Expenses
    $17,044,385
    Contributions
    $12,654,324
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,699,325
    Expenses
    $17,280,758
    Contributions
    $10,096,299
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,830,203
    Expenses
    $17,556,723
    Contributions
    $8,859,914
    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
    $13,882,168
    Expenses
    $14,771,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,040,229
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $22,196,526
    Expenses
    $17,112,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,089,431
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $20,539,888
    Expenses
    $14,837,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,477,430
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,286,550
    Expenses
    $14,338,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,210,959
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,346,087
    Expenses
    $13,951,110
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,459,942

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.