SALT POND COMMUNITY BROADCASTING COMPANY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

1186 ACADIA HWY

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

• Salt Pond Community Broadcasting operates WERU-FM Community Radio, which provides music, news and public affairs, and other cultural content. Programming ranges from diverse music (50 genres) to national headline news (5 prime time hours per week) to local public affairs programs. WERU meets a need in our region for an independent, community-based source of entertainment and information. The key to these diverse offerings is the importance of 125 volunteers, who are committed to both on-the-air and behind-the-scenes activities that give WERU its unique sound and local connection that reflects the community it serves. Volunteers receive free training, and no prior experience is needed.WERU's highly respected local and national news and public affairs provides a wide variety of topics and people. Topics associated with economic development, education, maritime issues, Native American issues, and public health are just a few examples of the width and depth of our local public affairs.2,100 individual and household members and 200 local businesses support WERU, amounting to over 70% of annual income. WERU receives approximately 25% of its financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, having met rigorous guidelines for community involvement and local support.WERU's broadcast signal reaches a potential audience of 140,000 people in Midcoast, Downeast and Central Maine. WERU broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, over the airwaves, and on its mobile app. The radio station was founded in 1988.

  Expenses $378,289 · Revenue $24,060

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $750,869

  Expenses

  $725,955

  Contributions

  $725,645

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $666,503

  Expenses

  $699,280

  Contributions

  $665,733

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $612,789

  Expenses

  $632,620

  Contributions

  $613,673

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $749,368

  Expenses

  $615,577

  Assets (EOY)

  $732,028

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $661,345

  Expenses

  $578,845

  Assets (EOY)

  $476,685

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $537,378

  Expenses

  $575,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $330,170

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $532,784

  Expenses

  $558,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $371,278

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $523,088

  Expenses

  $551,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $425,883

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $531,958

  Expenses

  $592,069

  Assets (EOY)

  $438,027

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $623,075

  Expenses

  $628,578

  Assets (EOY)

  $496,865

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $584,641

  Expenses

  $607,261

  Assets (EOY)

  $511,735

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $598,833

  Expenses

  $617,766

  Assets (EOY)

  $541,451

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $609,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $560,683

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

  $176,080

  2024 · RCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $141,751

  2023 · RCSG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $135,354

  2022 · RCSG

• STORYCORPS INC

  $38,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $27,150

  2023 · Radio

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $22,300

  2025 · PUBINT

• MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $17,100

  2024 · Radio

• MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $13,100

  2022 · Radio

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $9,825

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $8,010

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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