EIN 26-2810489

Wnet

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
702
Year formed
2008
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Wnet delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities through multi-media public service. Our content inspires curiosity, encourages action, and nurtures dreams. We produce educational programming for pre-k through college as well as life-long learners. Our technical operations transmit the broadcast signal within the New York City television market, broadcasting over 78,800 hours on a 24-hour daily schedule during the 2021/2022 fiscal year.
Total revenues
$152,882,830
2022
Total expenses
$131,810,618
2022
Total assets
$368,893,186
2022
Num. employees
702
2022

Program areas at Wnet

National and local program services: through thirteen productions llc, wliw llc, creative news group, llc, interactive engagement group llc, audio enterprise group llc public media new jersey, inc.wnet produces both national and local television and radio programming of the highest possible quality for distribution to other public broadcasting stations including thirteen. Wliw has approximately 26,000 members, public media nj, inc. has approximately 16,000 members, and thirteen has approximately 207,000 members.
Education: Wnet produces a range of educational programming targeted for the full range of our audience, including pre-k through high school and college, as well as for life-long learners. This includes original programming that directly supports the development of math, foundational reading and social emotional learning skills for our youngest learners. During the year, Wnet and thirteen broadcast over 15,000 hours of instructional programming. In addition,wnet's education team supports this programming with distribution of digital curriculum resources through its web-based pbs learning media service, with over 750,000 new york state users in fiscal 2022, the delivery of original media-based educational community engagement programs impacting thousands of children, students, parents, and caregivers, and the delivery of professional development to thousands of educators participating in local and national trainings .
Television broadcast station and operations: technical operations provides the transmission of the broadcast signal within the new york city television market. During the 2021/2022 fiscal year on a 24-hour daily schedule, Wnet broadcasts over 78,800 hours to the new york city market on stations Wnet and wliw. Radio broadcast station operations: technical operations provides the transmission of the radio broadcast signal within the central and eastern long island market, during the 2021/2022 fiscal year on a 24-hour daily schedule,wliw fm broadcasts to over 340,000 listeners on wliw-fm and w245ba.

Who funds Wnet

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Corporation for Public BroadcastingTVCSG$9,523,512
The JPB FoundationCyberchase Season 15 and Let's Learn$2,900,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,738,992
...and 194 more grants received totalling $28,668,514

Personnel at Wnet

NameTitleCompensation
Neal ShapiroPresident , Chief Executive Officer$728,737
Caroline CroenVice President , Chief Financial Officer$316,762
Debasish MishraChief Technology Officer$277,455
Vanessa WiseVice President , Development$320,219
Charlene ShapiroVice President , Human Resources$305,701
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for Wnet

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$144,204,057
Program services$6,167,128
Investment income and dividends$3,078,901
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$194,098
Net rental income$-42,761
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-1,132,163
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$413,570
Total revenues$152,882,830

Form 990s for Wnet

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-04990View PDF
2021-062022-05-13990View PDF
2020-062021-05-25990View PDF
2019-062020-09-04990View PDF
2018-062019-08-15990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

Organizations like Wnet

OrganizationLocationRevenue
WGBH Educational FoundationBoston, MA$211,952,357
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT)Saint Paul, MN$61,999,744
Window To the World Communications (WTTW)Chicago, IL$49,205,699
Chicago Public MediaChicago, IL$38,697,858
Sesame Workshop (SW)New York, NY$271,209,334
Cascade Public MediaSeattle, WA$41,687,198
Kcetlink PBS Socal Or Link TVBurbank, CA$54,285,860
ThirteenNew York, NY$105,206,108
TvoCanada, $50,739,762
InternewsArcata, CA$107,096,781
Data update history
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 67 new grant, including a grant for $2,900,000 from The JPB Foundation
October 26, 2023
Received grants
Identified 25 new grant, including a grant for $9,523,512 from Corporation for Public Broadcasting
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 151 new grant, including a grant for $9,625,974 from Corporation for Public Broadcasting
August 10, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 11, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsTelevision producers / broadcastersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
825 Eighth Ave 14th FL
New York, NY 10019
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
wnet.org/ 
Phone
(212) 560-2000
Facebook page
wnet-thirteen 
Twitter profile
@thirteenny 
IRS details
EIN
26-2810489
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2008
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A32: Television
NAICS code, primary
51512: Television Broadcasting
Parent/child status
Central organization
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