NonprofitsWgbh Educational Foundation

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Wgbh Educational Foundation

BRIGHTON, MA

Total revenue

$225.0M

Total expenses

$231.6M

Net assets

$580.3M

Grants received

$220.6M

941 grants

EIN

042104397

Tax year

2023

Mission

WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$111.1M
Program service revenue$77.2M
Investment income$18.5M
Other revenue$18.2M
Total revenue$225.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$1.6M
Salaries & benefits$105.9M
Fundraising$26.5M
Other expenses$118.8M
Total expenses$231.6M
Total assets$928.3M
Net assets$580.3M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Susan Goldberg

President & CEO

Board

$729K

40 hrs/wk

Shane Miner

COO

Board

$509K

40 hrs/wk

James Levy

CFO & Treasurer

Board

$425K

40 hrs/wk

Claudia Palmer

COO thru 9/23

Board

$366K

40 hrs/wk

Susan L Kantrowitz

VP GC thru 9/23

Board

$280K

40 hrs/wk

Susan Rosen

VP Gen Counsel

Board

$179K

40 hrs/wk

Eric Brass

CorpConsl Clerk

Board

$159K

40 hrs/wk

Susan X Luo

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Elise McDonald

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cathy E Minehan

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Martha L Minow

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Liz Morningstar

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marvin Lee Pelton

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Alicia Rose

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Vincent D Rougeau

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cyrus Taraporevala

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jeffrey Rayport

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Carmichael Roberts

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cynthia L Strauss

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Belinda Termeer

Trste thru10/23

Board

1 hrs/wk

William N Thorndike

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Stephen Wagner

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Lynn Perry Wooten

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Henry Becton Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mohamad Ali

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marcia Blenko

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Brian H Chu

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Stacy L Cowan

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Lynn B Dayton

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Pam Eddinger

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Juan Enriquez

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Renee Inomata

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Susan G Fentin

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ann M Fudge

Chairwoman

Board

2 hrs/wk

Benjamin Gomez

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rosemarie TorresJohnson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Andrea E Kalyn

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ann Klee

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Paul W Lee

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Irvin A Alexander

CFO thru 5/2023

Staff

$944K

40 hrs/wk

Raney Aronson

Exec Producer

Staff

$529K

40 hrs/wk

John Bredar

VP National Programming

Staff

$463K

40 hrs/wk

Suzanne Zellner

VP Corp Sponsorship & Membership

Staff

$456K

40 hrs/wk

Ann Dexter

VP Human Resources

Staff

$448K

40 hrs/wk

Terry Fitzpatrick

VP Children'sMedia

Staff

$410K

40 hrs/wk

Tina Cassidy

Chief MktngOfficer

Staff

$391K

40 hrs/wk

Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates

VP & ChiefIncluOff

Staff

$369K

40 hrs/wk

Amy Axelrod

Chief of Staff

Staff

$340K

40 hrs/wk

Susanne Simpson

EP & Head of Scripted Content

Staff

$336K

40 hrs/wk

Jonathan Abbott

Special Advisor

Staff

$219K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Kirk Documentary Group

Program Production

$7.2M

Contributor Development Partnership PBC

Professional Fundraising

$4.7M

Rain Media Inc

Program Production

$3.1M

Firelight Films Inc

Program Production

$2.3M

Ark Media LLC

Program Production

$2.2M

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$5M
TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE
2024
$600K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500K
IN SUPPORT OF FRONTLINE
2024
$400K
PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
2024
$390K
FRONTLINE COLUMBIA AND CUNY TOW FELLOWSHIPS & THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST EQUITY INITIATIVE
2024
$280K
SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS, OUTREACH, EDUCATION
2024
$250K
TIE-OFF CORE SUPPORT TO PILOT A SERIES OF IMPACT CAMPAIGNS FOR FRONTLINE, CONNECTED TO ITS ORIGINAL REPORTING
2024
$150K
GBH WOMBATS SEASON 2
2024
$100K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$95K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$93K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$75K
GBH NEWS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2024
$58K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$50K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$50K
To support the mission of the organization
2024
$50K
PROJECT, PROGRAM, AND OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$49K
EDU - EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS (PRIMARY)
2024
$43K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$35K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2024
$27K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$25K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$19K
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
2024
$15K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$10K
GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
General Purpose of Organization
2024
$10K
General Support
2024
$9K
OPERATIONS
2024
$7K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$6K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2024
$6K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
General Charitable Purpose
2024
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$4K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$3K
TO SUPPORT PUBLIC AFFAIRS BROADCASTING ON RADIO AND TELEVISION
2024
$3K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$3K
WCAI RADIO
2024
$2K
WGBH TV
2024
$2K
WGBH RADIO
2024
$2K
PUBLIC TELEVISIOM
2024
$2K
SUPPORT THE MISSION
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$1K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE
2024
$1K
UNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL
2024
$1K
CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE
2024
$928
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$720
Matching gifts for general operating support
2024
$711
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$500
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2024
$500
General purposes
2024
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$290
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$275
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$250
General & Unrestricted
2024
$200
ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES, AND MUSEUMS
2024
$165
PUBLIC TELEVSION AND RADIO
2024
$150
PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
2024
$150
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$100
SUPPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITY
2024
$60
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$50
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2024
Operations Budget Assistance
2024
Operations Budget Assistance
2024
$5.5M
TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BRD.CASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE
2023
$2.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1M
MASTERPIECE TRUST
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF TWO PRIME TIME AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS: LOVE CANAL AND THE PAP TEST.
2023
$600K
MEDIA - PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$525K
SUPPORT OF THE ENTERPRISE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE/FRONTLINE SERIES SUPPORT AND FRONTLINE DISPATCH PODCAST
2023
$500K
in support of FRONTLINE
2023
$400K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$351K
As a one-time only grant for a project on educational materials related to nuclear security issues
2023
$350K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$350K
TO SUPPORT A TWO-HOUR NOVA SPECIAL, YOUR BRAIN, ABOUT THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN NEUROSCIENCEHOSTED BY NEUROSCIENTIST AND CLINICIAN HEATHER BERLIN
2023
$339K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$333K
SEE PART IV: #7
2023
$300K
FOR FRONTLINE SEASON 42
2023
$299K
IN SUPPORT OF NOVA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
2023
$267K
SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS, OUTREACH, EDUCATION
2023
$247K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$200K
FOR THE NOVA DOCUMENTARY ARTEMIS: TO THE MOON AND BEYOND (WORKING TITLE)
2023
$200K
TOW FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATES OF COLUMBIA AND CRAIG NEWMARK AT CUNY JOURNALISM SCHOOLS
2023
$200K
in support of WORLD Channel Co-Productions
2023
$200K
CORE SUPPORT TO PILOT A SERIES OF IMPACT CAMPAIGNS FOR FRONTLINE, CONNECTED TO ITS ORIGINAL REPORTING
2023
$168K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
$150K
CREATE, TEST, AND IMPROVE WITH PBS KIDS WORK IT OUT WOMBATS!
2023
$150K
PROJECT, PROGRAM, AND OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$150K
FOR THE NOVA DOCUMENTARY BEFORE THE ICE (WORKING TITLE)
2023
$125K
FRONTLINE'S INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST EQUITY INITIATIVE
2023
$125K
FRONTLINE'S INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST EQUITY INITIATIVE
2023
$100K
JOURNALISM AND CIVICS
2023
$100K
EDUCATION
2023
$95K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$90K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$75K
GBH NEWS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2023
$63K
CULTURE & ARTS
2023
$60K
General Support
2023
$60K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$55K
NOVA PROGRAMMING ON ZERO AND INFINITY
2023
$51K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$50K
In support of general operations.
2023
$50K
FOR PRODUCTION OF THE RIOT REPORT (WORKING TITLE), TO CHRONICLE THE STORY BEHIND THE REPORT FROM THE KERNERCOMMISSION RESEARCHING AND DETAILING THE ROOT CAUSES OF RIOTS AND UNREST IN AMERICAS INNER CITIES IN THE LATE 1960S
2023
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$50K
FRONTLINE PROGRAM
2023
$50K
ULYSSES QUARTET ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2023
$50K
ULYSSES QUARTET ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2023
$50K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$47K
EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
2023
$44K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$40K
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
2023
$30K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$25K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$22K
Matching Gifts
2023
$20K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT/UNRE
2023
$13K
ARTS & CULTURE
2023
$10K
Part of NPR-promotes high-quality journalism
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
EDUCATION PROJECT
2023
$10K
General Purpose of Organization
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$10K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES, AND MUSEUMS
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$9K
OPERATIONS
2023
$8K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$7K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$7K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
General Support
2023
$4K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$4K
SUPPORT FOR WGBH CHANNEL 2 - RALPH LOWELL SOCIETY
2023
$4K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$4K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
SUPPORT FOR CURRENT PROGRAMS
2023
$3K
CHARITABLE
2023
$3K
CONTRIBUTION TO BEACON CIRCLE SOCIET
2023

Funded by

$220.6M from 286 funders · 941 grants · 2017–2024

Corporation For Public Broadcasting

$124.5M · 43 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$16.9M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$16M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Public Broadcasting Service

$12.3M · 5 grants · 2017–2023

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$5.2M · 18 grants · 2020–2024

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

$5.0M · 9 grants · 2020–2023

Boston Foundation Inc

$2.0M · 9 grants · 2017–2023

Park Foundation Inc

$1.8M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN042104397
NTEE codeA300
Subsection03
Ruling date1956-08
Formed1951
Employees1379
Volunteers1500
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo