WSKG PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A300

Classification

2000

Street

601 GATES ROAD

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

• NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS - WSKG NEWS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS GUIDED BY POWERFUL ETHICS, PUBLIC MEDIA'S BEST PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY NEED. WE SUPPORT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH AN OBJECTIVE AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE FACTS, HIGH QUALITY WRITING AND PRODUCTION, AND DILIGENT JOURNALISM. IN THE PURSUIT OF NEWS WE INSISTENTLY QUESTION, THOROUGHLY RESEARCH, INTELLIGENTLY ANALYZE, AND ETHICALLY SHARE STORIES WITH THE RADIO LISTENERS, TELEVISION VIEWERS AND WEB BROWSERS WHO RELY ON WSKG PUBLIC MEDIA. THROUGH THE CONTENT WE PRODUCE AND THE STORIES WE TELL, WE PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY'S STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES. BY MAINTAINING AN INFORMED CITIZENRY, WE WORK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.

  Expenses $1,124,309

• ARTS AND CULTURE - WSKG'S ARTS AND CULTURE IS GUIDED BY AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES WITH THE BEST IN ARTS AND CULTURE CONTENT, LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. WE DO THIS TO RESEARCH, PRESERVE AND SHORE THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURE OF OUR VIEWING AREA WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAYING CONSISTENT WITH OUR GOAL TO CREATE RELEVANT CONTENT THAT PROMOTES UPSTATE NEW YORK AS A UNIQUE CULTURAL DESTINATION, TO PRODUCE COMPELLING STORIES OF THE TRANSFORMOTIVE POWER OF THE ARTS AND TO FEATURE THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS.

  Expenses $1,390,322

• ENGINEERING - ENGINEERING IS CRUCIAL TO THE COUNCIL'S EXISTENCE AS A STATION. IT OVERSEES THE OPERATION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCAST EQUIPMENT AND TOWERS ON A DAT-TO-DAY AND LONG-TERM BASIS. IT ALSO MONITORS FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ENSURES STATION COMPLIANCE WITH THESE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, INCLUDING THE CONVERSION TO A DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM.

  Expenses $1,294,795

• YOUTH FOCUSED, HISTORY & HERITAGE

  Expenses $698,807

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $6,398,850

  Expenses

  $6,259,293

  Contributions

  $6,249,282

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,249,153

  Expenses

  $5,994,360

  Contributions

  $5,173,403

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,124,387

  Expenses

  $5,654,865

  Contributions

  $5,003,225

  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

• 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

  $6,303,699

  Expenses

  $5,412,096

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,131,154

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,984,926

  Expenses

  $5,054,812

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,165,032

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,220,212

  Expenses

  $4,809,549

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,035,773

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,298,163

  Expenses

  $4,888,310

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,233,245

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,827,708

  Expenses

  $4,934,837

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,477,482

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,827,708

  Expenses

  $4,934,837

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,477,482

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

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $1,085,920

  2024 · TVCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $1,055,368

  2023 · TVCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $956,329

  2022 · TVCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $260,163

  2024 · RCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $246,579

  2023 · RCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $215,218

  2022 · RCSG

• NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC

  $86,156

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  $50,000

  2022 · Other-Other Non-S & E Fields

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $44,600

  2025 · PUBINT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

  $25,500

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

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.

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