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Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Rhode Island PBS Foundation is a television broadcaster based in Providence, RI that was founded in 1987. As of 2019 they had $8.4 million in revenue and $97 million in assets.

The Rhode Island PBS Foundation is organization founded in 1987 to raise funds and provide support services to Rhode Island PBS. The Rhode Island PBS Foundation provides approximately 58% of the operating budget of Rhode Island PBS.

EIN:

22-2859005

City:

Providence

State:

Rhode Island

Website:

ripbs.org

Phone:

401-222-3636

Founded:

1987

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

A32: Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits

Revenue:

$8,491,740

Assets:

$97,878,562

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

June

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Committed to the principle of life-long learning, and in response to the interests expressed by our viewers, Rhode Island PBS, as a non-commercial educational ("nce") broadcast licensee, uses the power of public media to produce and present creative content and learning opportunities in our mission to educate, inform, enrich, inspire and entertain our viewers of all ages in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut.

Form 990s for Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-06	Aug 27, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-06	Jun 19, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	Aug 23, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Aug 1, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-06	Jan 20, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$578,965	$608,028	-4.8%
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$875,306	$772,902	13.2%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$1,454,271	$1,380,930	5.3%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$1,454,271	$1,380,930	5.3%
Program services	$2,382,404	$2,154,496	10.6%
Investment income and dividends	$3,047,067	$1,798,604	69.4%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$1,552,256	$-123,189	1360.1%
Net income from fundraising events	$55,742	$12,569	343.5%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0
Total revenues	$8,491,740	$5,223,410	62.6%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$178,366	$220,984	-19.3%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$2,924,547	$2,332,889	25.4%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$0	$0
Other employee benefits	$596,273	$513,921	16.0%
Payroll taxes	$262,798	$226,243	16.2%
Management fees	$133,626	$0	999%
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$53,102	$69,761	-23.9%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$41,107	-100%
Other fee-for-service	$181,957	$124,309	46.4%
Advertising and promotion	$83,810	$2,400	3392.1%
Office expenses	$14,026	$0	999%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$256,855	$258,119	-0.5%
Travel	$47,864	$26,477	80.8%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$13,532	-100%
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$817,106	$574,095	42.3%
Insurance	$48,229	$44,400	8.6%
All other expenses	$1,307,259	$1,257,568	4.0%
Total expenses	$6,905,818	$5,705,805	21.0%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$224,935	$416,788	-46.0%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$320,010	$351,409	-8.9%
Accounts receivable	$434,338	$478,678	-9.3%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$5,357	$5,569	-3.8%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$51,455	$23,083	122.9%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$4,614,708	$4,244,714	8.7%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$92,069,557	$92,437,269	-0.4%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$158,202	$64,141	146.6%
Other assets	$0	$0
Total assets	$97,878,562	$98,021,651	-0.1%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$377,202	$805,397	-53.2%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$22,730	$20,875	8.9%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$1,308,000	$1,526,000	-14.3%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$1,707,932	$2,352,272	-27.4%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$94,829,590	$94,340,365	0.5%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$1,341,040	$1,329,014	0.9%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Mullen Scorpio and Cerilli	Tax accounting		2020-08-27
█████████ ████████	Software		2020-03-18
████ █████ ██████████ ███	Mail Solicitations	$8,452	2015-06-01
███ █████████ ███	Mail Solicitations	$10,679	2015-06-01
█████ ███	Tax accounting		2014-05-27

Personnel at Rhode Island PBS Foundation

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
David Piccerelli	President and Board Member	$160,485	Aug. 27, 2020
Tia Scigulinsky	Secretary and Board Member	$0	July 9, 2020
█████ █████	Treasurer and Board Member	$0	July 9, 2020
█████ ██ █████	Chairperson and Board Member	$0	July 9, 2020

Peer television producing and broadcasting nonprofits

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Mountain Lake PBS	501(c)(3)	$2.2 million	Plattsburgh, NY
2	VPM Media Corporation	501(c)(3)	$13 million	Richmond, VA
3	Witf	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Harrisburg, PA
4	Maine Public (MPBN)	501(c)(3)	$17 million	Lewiston, ME
5	Whyy	501(c)(3)	$37 million	Philadelphia, PA
6	WNIN Tri-State Public Media	501(c)(3)	$2.7 million	Evansville, IN
7	St Louis Regional Public Media	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Saint Louis, MO
8	South Texas Broadcasting System	501(c)(3)	$2.3 million	Corpus Christi, TX
9	WQED Multimedia	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Pittsburgh, PA
10	WJCT Public Broadcasting	501(c)(3)	$7.8 million	Jacksonville, FL
11	WQLN Public Media	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	Erie, PA
12	Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council	501(c)(3)	$13 million	Rochester, NY
13	WKNO Public Broadcasting for the Mid-South	501(c)(3)	$5.3 million	Cordova, TN
14	Vermont PBS	501(c)(3)	$6.9 million	Winooski, VT
15	WMHT Educational Telecommunications	501(c)(3)	$9.1 million	Troy, NY
16	Ankerberg Theological Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$6.0 million	Chattanooga, TN
17	WTVI PBS Charlotte	501(c)(3)	$3.1 million	Charlotte, NC
18	BronxNet	501(c)(3)	$6.5 million	Bronx, NY
19	Wpbs-DT	501(c)(3)	$2.7 million	Watertown, NY
20	Puerto Rico Broadcasting Corporation	501(c)(3)	$14 million	San Juan, PR
21	Wfyi Public Media	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Indianapolis, IN
22	Ideastream	501(c)(3)	$23 million	Cleveland, OH
23	Independent Television Services	501(c)(3)	$24 million	San Francisco, CA
24	WNIT Public Television	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	South Bend, IN
25	Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV)	501(c)(3)	$6.3 million	New York, NY

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