Arts, Culture & Humanities
Public Broadcasting Foundation Of Northwest Ohio
TOLEDO, OH
Total revenue
$5.0M
Total expenses
$5.3M
Net assets
$15.6M
Grants received
$8.7M
54 grants
EIN
346554586
Tax year
2023
Mission
Wgte is dedicated to enabling personal development and civic improvement by the innovative use of technology to educate, enlighten, enrich, engage, entertain, empower, and explore.
Programs
4 programs
Tv programming & production: wgte tv and wgte hdtv produced 194 video productions and provides adult and kids programming to nearly 1,000,000 households weekly across northwest ohio and southeast michigan.
Tv education services: wgte's educational services focus on improving reading and literacy skills for pre-k - 3 low-income and minority children and school readiness skill development for pre-k low-income and minority children.
Tv & fm engineering:engineers maintain, update, and manage audio and video production and broadcast equipment at the main center, while also providing maintenance and update services to one tv broadcast transmitter, and four radio broadcast transmitters housed at four locations placed across northwest ohio.
Public information:annually, wgte's program guide, "be connected," is produced and mailed to 7,600 households. Tv and radio programs are promoted via broadcast, print, and online. Wgte annually connects with more than 150,000 users online via all leading social media platforms.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
22 listed
MARLON P KISER
PRESIDENT & CEO
$147K
40 hrs/wk
SOUBHIEH KAAKE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$65K
40 hrs/wk
GARY BOEHM
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
CAROL CONTRADA
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
LISA KAHLE-PIASECKI
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
SHAWANNA LAVOY
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
THERESA MORRIS
CHAIRPERSON
—
1 hrs/wk
CHARLENE PATTEN
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
BARBARA PETEE
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
BOB VASQUEZ
VICE CHAIRPERSON
—
1 hrs/wk
PATRICIA WAST
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
ELIZABETH BROWN-ELLIS
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
MONIKA ORTIZ
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
OLIVIA SUMMONS
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
MATTHEW HEYRMAN
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
TASHA HUSSAIN BLACK
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
TYRAN BOYD
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
KATIE CAPPELLINI
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
CATHY SCHREIN
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
URSULA BARRERA-RICHARDS JD
TRUSTEE
—
1 hrs/wk
ANN SANFORD
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
DANIEL W NIEDZWIECKI
ASSISTANT TREASURER
$102K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$8.7M from 13 funders · 54 grants · 2017–2024
$8.1M · 25 grants · 2017–2023
$225K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$167K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$64K · 4 grants · 2018–2022
$49K · 5 grants · 2019–2024
$36K · 5 grants · 2020–2023
$26K · 3 grants · 2021–2023
$17K · 1 grant · 2019