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ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FDN

EIN 71-0592505 CONWAY, AR

Revenue 2024
$4,275,738
Expenses 2024
$4,141,943

Program services were 61.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A32Z
Classification
2000
Street
350 S DONAGHEY AVE

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

THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOUNDATION (DBA ARKANSAS PBS FOUNDATION) SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF ARKANSAS PBS TO EDUCATE, INFORM, ENGAGE, AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNERS ACROSS THE STATE. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND FOUNDATIONS SUPPORT NATIONAL/LOCAL PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION.

  • PROGRAMMING ACQUISITIONS FOR BROADCAST ON ARKANSAS PBS'S MAIN CHANNEL AND ITS SUBCHANNELS (ARKANSAS PBS KIDS, ARKANSAS PBS WORLD, AND ARKANSAS PBS CREATE). INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, CORPORATE SPONSORS, AND FOUNDATION GRANTS HELP SUPPORT THE COSTS OF KEEPING HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC MEDIA PROGRAMMING AVAILABLE FOR BROADCAST ON AIR AND ACROSS A VARIETY OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

    Expenses $1,590,674

  • PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION COSTS FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS TO BE BROADCAST ON ARKANSAS PBS AND ITS VARIOUS DIGITAL PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMMING PURCHASES FROM PBS AND OTHER NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTORS, ARKANSAS PBS CREATES LOCAL PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELEVANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF ARKANSAS AND ITS RESIDENTS. ARKANSAS PBS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF LOCAL PRODUCTION THROUGH GRANTS, BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPS/UNDERWRITING, AND MAJOR GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $728,641

  • PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CONTRIBUTORS. MORE THAN 24,000 MEMBERS SPAN ACROSS THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS MO, OK, TN, AND LA, WHO RECEIVE A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE AS A BENEFIT OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP. THE PROGRAM GUIDE PROVIDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY ARKANSAS PBS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL ITS VIEWERS.

    Expenses $205,388

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.

  • EDWIN MCCLURE

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DREW SPURGERS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEANNE BURCH

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CORA BOWIE DAVIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY BRANTLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAYLE CORLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRANT GORDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNETTE HERRINGTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CHERISSE JONES-BRANCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONI LINDSEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ZUNICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COURTNER PLEDGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET BETLEY

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $173,694
    From this org
    $142,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,278
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $778
    Filer's total
    $173,694

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
    $4,275,738
    Expenses
    $4,141,943
    Contributions
    $4,027,076
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,945,952
    Expenses
    $3,789,254
    Contributions
    $4,535,560
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,687,816
    Expenses
    $4,307,592
    Contributions
    $4,317,104
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,687,816
    Expenses
    $4,307,592
    Contributions
    $4,317,104
    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
    $4,896,981
    Expenses
    $3,449,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,223,173

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,872,659
    Expenses
    $3,104,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,307,715

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,358,201
    Expenses
    $2,979,047
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,735,471

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,769,446
    Expenses
    $2,585,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,509,912

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,061,197
    Expenses
    $2,613,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,373,338

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,656,445
    Expenses
    $2,223,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,357,145

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,707,644
    Expenses
    $2,557,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,015,651

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,104,544
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,382,779

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,731,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,860,328

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,588,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,825,006

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.