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WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL

EIN 16-0838086 ROCHESTER, NY

Revenue 2024
$19,172,090
Expenses 2024
$14,892,536

Program services were 67.7% 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
280 STATE ST

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

WXXI IS THE ESSENTIAL, LIFE-LONG EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA RESOURCE FOR THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA. WXXI ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMMING THAT STIMULATES AND EXPANDS THOUGHT, INSPIRES THE SPIRIT, OPENS CULTURAL HORIZONS AND PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AS ROCHESTER'S PUBLIC TELEVISION AND PUBLIC RADIO STATION, WXXI STRIVES TO BE THE ESSENTIAL, LIFE-LONG EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESOURCE FOR THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA. WXXI PUTS THE COMMUNITY FIRST WITH PROGRAMMING THAT STIMULATES AND EXPANDS THOUGHT, INSPIRES THE SPIRIT, OPENS CULTURAL HORIZONS AND PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE COMMUNITY ISSUES.

  • PROGRAMMING/PRODUCTION:WXXI PROVIDES A RANGE OF NATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS ACROSS ALL ITS SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR TELEVISION STATIONS AND SIX RADIO STATIONS. WXXI-TV PRESENTS A PBS SCHEDULE, RICH IN HISTORY, SCIENCE, NATURE, ARTS AND NON-VIOLENT, COMMERCIAL-FREE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING WHICH IS ALSO LIVE STREAMED. WXXI-KIDS 24/7 IS A 24-HOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL, SHOWCASING THE BEST OF PBS KIDS AND LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING WHICH IS ALSO LIVE STREAMED. WXXI-CREATE IS A 24/7 HOW-TO CHANNEL, AND WXXI-WORLD IS A 24/7 NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHANNEL. OUR TV PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE ARTS INFOCUS, A COLLABORATIVE ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM WITH SPECIALS ON-AIR AND ONLINE, VOICE OF THE VOTER DEBATE, AND WXXI FORUMS, AS WELL AS MANY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES. OUR RADIO STATIONS INCLUDE WXXI-FM 105.9/AM 1370, AN NPR MEMBER STATION, WHICH PROVIDES IN-DEPTH LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS COVERAGE, AND A DAILY TWO-HOUR CALL-IN PROGRAM CONNECTIONS WITH EVAN DAWSON. WXXO-FM CLASSICAL 91.5, BROADCAST AND STREAMED LIVE IS ROCHESTER'S ONLY FULL-TIME CLASSICAL MUSIC STATION, OFFERING LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECORDINGS, AS WELL AS LOCAL PRODUCTIONS LIKE LIVE FROM HOCHSTEIN, AND A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PROGRAM WITH HEART AND VOICE. PROGRAMMING ON WXXI CLASSICAL IS ALSO SIMULCAST ON WXXY-FM 90.3 FOR OUR SOUTHERN TIER LISTENERS.WRUR-FM 88.5, A BROADCAST PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN WXXI AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, PROVIDES A MIX OF MUSIC ALONG WITH NPR'S MORNING EDITION IN THE MORNINGS AND NPR NEWS BREAKS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE TWO DAILY MUSIC SHOW, OPEN TUNINGS WITH SCOTT REGAN AND AFTERNOONS WITH YARMS, PLUS NIGHTLY MUSIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING IN THE FOLD WITH MICHAEL BLACK, ROAD TO JOY WITH MAUREEN RICH, BLACKS AND BLUES WITH DOUG CURRY AND REJUVENATION WITH SCOTT WALLACE. THE STATION ALSO STREAMS LIVE.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES, WXXI BROADCASTS WITH-FM 90.1 IN ITHACA, NY, A MUSIC AND NEWS STATION THAT STRENGTHENS PUBLIC RADIO IN THE FINGER LAKES REGION. WEOS-FM 89.5, ALSO A BROADCAST PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES, PROVIDES NPR NEWS AND ECLECTIC MUSIC PROGRAMMING IN GENEVA, NY. BOTH STATIONS ARE BROADCAST AND STREAMED LIVE.

    Expenses $6,472,099 · Revenue $49,342

  • BROADCASTING:WXXI OPERATES FOUR PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS (WXXI-TV, WXXI-KIDS 24/7, WXXI-CREATE, WXXI-WORLD); MANAGES THE CABLE CHANNEL, CITY 12 (PROVIDING THE CITY OF ROCHESTER RESIDENTS WITH 14 HOURS A DAY OF TARGETED, INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMING); SIX PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS (WXXI-FM 105.9/AM 1370, WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY-FM 90.3, WRUR-FM 88.5, WEOS-FM 98.7 AND WITH-FM 90.1), AND TWO HD RADIO CHANNELS (FM-HD 91.5-1 AND FM-HD 91.5-2).

    Expenses $2,848,261 · Revenue $56,714

  • CITY IS ROCHESTER'S ARTS, MUSIC, AND CULTURE MAGAZINE, A MONTHLY PRINT AND ONLINE NEWS SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE 1972 AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR FREE. WXXI PURCHASED CITY FROM ITS FOUNDERS IN MAY 2019 AND OPERATES CITY AS A SUBSIDIARY. WXXI RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF CITY, AS THE ACQUISITION PRESERVES AND EXPANDS THE QUALITY AND DEPTH OF LOCAL REPORTING AND PRIORITIZES COVERAGE OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA.

    Expenses $761,443 · Revenue $535,116

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.

  • YOLANDA BENITEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SONYA ALLEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KRISTIN DURAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • AJAMU KITWANA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SHAUN NELMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SANDEEP MANNAVA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • NICOLE VANGORDER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN RICHARDSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JULIO SAENZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • STEVE SULKES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID TANG

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROBERT ATTARDO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • NORM SILVERSTEIN

    PRESIDENT AND CEO (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $403,503
    From this org
    $336,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,182
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,869
    Bonus
    $9,054
    Other
    $11,398
    Deferred
    $39,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,127
    Filer's total
    $403,503

  • PATRICIA PHILIPS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LAURIE HAELEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAAN BRAVEMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KAY BENJAMIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRIS HASTINGS

    PRESIDENT AND CEO (STARTING 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $47,876
    From this org
    $41,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,041
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

  • SUSAN ROGERS

    EXECUTIVE VP & GENERAL MAN

    Total calculated
    $217,865
    From this org
    $186,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,697
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,168
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,697
    Filer's total
    $217,865

  • LANCELOT THOMAS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $140,374
    From this org
    $108,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,675
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

  • KATHLEEN REED

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $148,422
    From this org
    $113,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,583
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALISON JONES

    DIRECTOR, COPORATE SPONSOR

    Total calculated
    $122,239
    From this org
    $112,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,379
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $19,172,090
    Expenses
    $14,892,536
    Contributions
    $17,436,105
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,291,468
    Expenses
    $15,298,939
    Contributions
    $11,107,138
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,242,193
    Expenses
    $15,104,357
    Contributions
    $11,814,847
    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
    $14,525,903
    Expenses
    $14,972,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,652,508

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,653,170
    Expenses
    $13,581,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,807,430

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,361,773
    Expenses
    $14,313,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,835,003

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,248,682
    Expenses
    $13,237,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,801,912

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,217,739
    Expenses
    $12,595,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,010,483

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.

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.