Wcuw INC FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Worcester, MA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 23-7247980

Broadcasting, leasing, maintaining and operating noncommercial radio broadcasting facilities to inform, educate and entertain the general public

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
52¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$42K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $13K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
52%
of spending
Worth a look: 52% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$42K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $11K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$88K
Spent
$107K
To programs
52%
Net assets
$134K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$88K
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$101K
FY2022$130K
FY2023$278K
FY2024$118K
Expenses
$107K
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$107K
FY2021$115K
FY2022$117K
FY2023$161K
FY2024$153K
Net assets
$134K
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$134K
FY2021$120K
FY2022$132K
FY2023$250K
FY2024$215K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1973.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

52 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 52% · $56K Management & general 27% · $29K Fundraising 21% · $23K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $42K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$42,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

William T Tyree’s $51K as Executive Director is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
William T Tyree$50,800$50,800$50,800$50,800$42,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Operates noncommercial radio to inform, educate, and entertain the public.

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1 program service account for $56K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
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Provided the worcester massachusetts community with 60 radio programs conducted by 110 programmers. Programming is on-air 18 hours a day seven days a week. Twelve foreign language programs are aired. The radio station has 500 active members. The majority of the radio stations programming consists of music and community affairs programs.

$56Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$11K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$88K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$59K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Money outPt IX
$107K
Ln 25
Programscol B$56K
Managementcol C$29K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$134K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17K
Total assetsLn 16$144K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$59K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Investment incomeLn 3$2
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Total revenueLn 12$88K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$126K
Total assetsLn 16$144K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
Net assetsLn 32$134K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 6125
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20K$17K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$134K$126K
Total assetsLn 16$154K$144K
LiabilitiesLn 26$818$10K
Net assetsLn 32$153K$134K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$42K$21K$11K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$2K$866$866
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$3K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$2K$917$917
RoyaltiesLn 15$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$17K$9K$4K$4K
InterestLn 20$88$88
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$4K$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$12K$10K$726$726
Total functional expensesLn 25$107K$56K$29K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $118K$153K−$34K$215K 990 PDF
FY2023 $278K$161K$117K$250K 990 PDF
FY2022 $130K$117K$12K$132K 990 PDF
FY2021 $101K$115K−$14K$120K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $88K$107K−$19K$134K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $88,070 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$37,017
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$22,204
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$59,221
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,966$6,966
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2$2
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $21,399$21,399
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $482$482
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,365 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $484$88,070
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $106,915 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $21,013 · Management $10,506 · Fundraising $10,506$42,025
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,732 · Management $866 · Fundraising $866$3,464
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,175$2,175
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,663$1,663
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $1,981$1,981
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,251 · Management $1,625 · Fundraising $1,626$6,502
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,834 · Management $917 · Fundraising $917$3,668
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $3,186$3,186
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,644 · Management $4,322 · Fundraising $4,322$17,288
IX-20 InterestManagement $88$88
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,700 · Management $1,850 · Fundraising $1,850$7,400
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,524$5,524
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,499 · Management $726 · Fundraising $726$11,951
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $55,522 · Management $28,599 · Fundraising $22,794$106,915
Part X · Balance sheet $143,682 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,051$17,354
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $133,728$126,328
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $153,779$143,682
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $818$816
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$8,750
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $818$9,566
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $152,961$134,116
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $152,961$134,116
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $153,779$143,682
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $134,116 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$88,070
XI-2 Total expenses$106,915
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$18,845
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$152,961
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$134,116

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