Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
18 people listed on the 990; $6.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Safon | $624,227 | — | $308,671 | $335,883 | $294,886 | $311,171 |
| Debra Sanchez EVP Gov't Ext | $604,530 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Levy | $583,561 | $327,478 | $310,222 | $334,880 | $293,120 | $316,630 |
| William P Tayman JR | — | $529,142 | $313,526 | $340,823 | $297,119 | $320,484 |
| J Westwood Smithers JR | — | $527,418 | $308,844 | $332,040 | $287,935 | $311,834 |
| Deborah Carr | $501,536 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kathleen Merritt | $467,791 | $257,402 | $248,129 | $244,411 | $225,139 | $210,268 |
| Patricia De Stacy Harrison | $467,486 | $365,572 | $349,465 | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Funds and supports high-quality, non-commercial public television and radio programming to ensure universal access to educational and cultural content.
Questions for Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Grants and agreements that support the operations and infrastructure of the public media system - see schedule o-community service grants: these were unrestricted general operating grants made to qualified public television and radio STATIONS.-PUBLIC broadcasting interconnection system: funding was utilized to maintain and modernize…
Development and support of high quality new and innovative television and radio programming - see schedule O.-TELEVISION programming represented expenses for development and support of high-quality national television programming and projects with educational or cultural value that might not otherwise be supported by the…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2026 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY26 | End FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $217.0M | $0 |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $35.0M | $0 |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.5M | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $278.0M | $0 |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $90.0M | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $187.9M | $0 |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $175.8M | $175.8M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.2M | $1.2M | ||
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $118K | $118K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.1M | $53K | $2.1M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $119K | $9K | $110K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $401K | $7K | $393K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2.2M | $1.2M | $1.0M | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $264K | $264K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $617 | $617 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $161K | $161K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $162K | $2K | $159K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $9.3M | $9.3M | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1.5M | $1.5M | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $610K | $610K | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $67K | $67K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $194.0M | $177.1M | $17.0M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 Latest Viewing | $5.2M | $194.0M | −$188.8M | $0 | 990 PDF |
| FY2025 | $630.8M | $673.5M | −$42.7M | $187.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $640.1M | $590.3M | $49.8M | $223.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $582.0M | $518.7M | $63.3M | $170.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $510.9M | $483.8M | $27.1M | $107.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $678.6M | $729.7M | −$51.1M | $79.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $570.5M | $540.9M | $29.6M | $131.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2026 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,191,302 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,191,302 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $194,024,169 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2026 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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