Media production and publishing organizations

Name: Top 20 Media organizations
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There are 8,158media organizations in the United States. Combined, these media organizationsemploy 57,947 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $16 billion.

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Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Media production and publishing organizations	8,158	57,947	$9,077,050,943	$16,204,327,330
Film and video production organizations	2,450	7,498	$1,101,519,745	$1,575,516,346
Nonprofit presses and publishers	2,261	20,061	$1,626,781,021	$2,629,387,704
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations	1,060	9,075	$1,773,421,480	$3,600,537,536
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits	889	14,312	$3,016,804,784	$6,063,205,007

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Job trends for Media organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	942
1-10	998
11-25	402
26-100	261
101 to 1,000	100
1,000+	4

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Media organizations is driven by large organizations like Sound Recording Special Payments Fund, WGBH Educational Foundation, National Public Radio (NPR), Sesame Workshop (SW), and Experimental Aircraft Association.
The largest employers tend to be nonprofit publishers, television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, film production organizations, and media organizations.

Sizes of media organizations

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	2,219
$250k to $1M	970
$1M to $5M	554
$5M to $25M	201
$25M to $100M	35
$100M+	17

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, National Public Radio (NPR), and Sesame Workshop (SW) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Media organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 7.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Media organizations with more than $100 million account for 40.5% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, nonprofit publishers, media organizations, and film production organizations.

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1-20 of 8,158

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.

Revenue

$24.6m

Assets

$40.8m

Employees

186

EIN

41-2024986

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Whyy

WHYY is the Philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and all of Delaware.

Revenue

$51.0m

Assets

$71.8m

Employees

269

EIN

23-1438083

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Democracy Now Productions

Democracy Now! produces daily listener-sponsored news, trains journalist interns, and promotes democracy through multi-media collaboration.

Revenue

$8.6m

Assets

$33.9m

Employees

EIN

01-0708733

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Media Matters for America

Media watchdog that monitors and corrects conservative misinformation in US media, providing resources for rebuttal and action against offending outlets.

Revenue

$16.6m

Assets

$22.1m

Employees

125

EIN

47-0928008

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sesame Workshop (SW)

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and so much more. Sesame Workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.

Revenue

$271.2m

Assets

$540.2m

Employees

1,142

EIN

13-2655731

IRS type

501(c)(3)

WGBH Educational Foundation

Leading US public media institution in Boston, providing diverse programming and services to educate, inspire, and entertain audiences.

Revenue

$212.0m

Assets

$924.5m

Employees

1,450

EIN

04-2104397

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

ASCD: Empowering educators, promoting child success through innovative training, publications, conferences. Passionate community of life-changing educators. Located in Arlington, VA.

Revenue

$6.6m

Assets

$61.9m

Employees

160

EIN

52-6078980

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

APTS is a nonprofit membership organization ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety, and civic leadership to the American people.

Revenue

$4.4m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

52-1170071

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW) is Chicago's premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting unique content for television and digital media.

Revenue

$49.2m

Assets

$84.7m

Employees

354

EIN

36-2246703

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop

Bringing people together to broaden the understanding and celebrate the power of independent film through cinema and the Sedona experience.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$2.5m

Employees

EIN

20-0351857

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Chicago Public Media

Chicago Public Media serves the public interest by creating and delivering diverse compelling content that informs, inspires, enriches and entertains. Through a broad range of media platforms, they connect diverse audiences in their service area & beyond.

Revenue

$38.7m

Assets

$105.5m

Employees

210

EIN

36-3687394

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Film Independent

Film Independent help filmmakers make their movies, build an audience for their projects and work to diversify the film industry. They provide access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the film industry.

Revenue

$17.5m

Assets

$6.6m

Employees

EIN

95-3943485

IRS type

501(c)(3)

KCRW Foundation

KCRW Foundation delivers innovative programming on radio, digitally & in person to diverse, curious communities around the world.

Revenue

$23.9m

Assets

$52.5m

Employees

176

EIN

95-3750631

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is made up of more than 350 local public noncommercial TV stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa.

Revenue

$543.0m

Assets

$589.2m

Employees

617

EIN

52-0899215

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Public Radio (NPR)

National Public Radio (NPR) is a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer. It is a network with a strong base of Member Stations and supporters nationwide.

Revenue

$305.6m

Assets

$409.7m

Employees

1,388

EIN

52-0907625

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ithaka

ITHAKA is a not-for-profit organization that works with the global higher education community to advance and preserve knowledge and to improve teaching and learning through the use of digital technologies.

Revenue

$115.2m

Assets

$306.2m

Employees

457

EIN

13-3857105

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Better Angels Society

The Better Angels Society supports documentary films by Ken Burns and is dedicated to continuing his legacy. Their mission is to ensure these historically significant films are completed, broadcast, promoted, and shared.

Revenue

$9.1m

Assets

$29.8m

Employees

EIN

45-4587107

IRS type

501(c)(3)

NJPBS

NJPBS provides quality public TV programs and resources to NJ and its tri-state neighbors, including national and local programming services.

Revenue

$11.8m

Assets

$13.3m

Employees

EIN

45-2552448

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States.

Revenue

$43.3m

Assets

$45.2m

Employees

EIN

95-3130853

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Sound Recording Special Payments Fund

Collects and distributes residual payments to musicians for their craftsmanship in creating sound recordings. Committed to integrity, proficiency, and exceptional service.

Revenue

$13.0m

Assets

$20.1m

Employees

10.2k

EIN

13-6180704

IRS type

501(c)(6)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A30: Media, Communications Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Media production and publishing organizations

Types of media organizations

Job trends for Media organizations

Sizes of media organizations

Directory of media organizations

Common Sense Media

Whyy

Democracy Now Productions

Media Matters for America

Sesame Workshop (SW)

WGBH Educational Foundation

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop

Chicago Public Media

Film Independent

KCRW Foundation

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

National Public Radio (NPR)

Ithaka

The Better Angels Society

NJPBS

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Sound Recording Special Payments Fund

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