White Pine Community Broadcasting INC FY2020 filing

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Rhinelander, WI501(c)(3)Since 1979Arts & CultureEIN 39-1341618Revenue $676K in FY2020

On file with the IRSwxpr.org28 N Stevens St, 54501-3156 · Rhinelander, WITax-exempt since Dec 1979Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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White Pine Community Broadcasting, INC exists to inform, entertain, and engage our Community; enrich lives with music, information, and interaction; and build positive lasting relationships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
43¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$129K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $71K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
43%
of spending
Concern: 43% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$129K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $34K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$93K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$676K
Spent
$679K
To programs
43%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$676K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$676K
FY2021$925K
FY2022$658K
FY2023$719K
FY2024$748K
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$679K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$679K
FY2021$696K
FY2022$750K
FY2023$796K
FY2024$834K
FY2025$790K
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1979.

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

Where the money goes

43 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 43% · $292K Management & general 39% · $266K Fundraising 18% · $122K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $129K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$57,125Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$40,712Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President (thru October)
$31,602Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary (thru May)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jessica Dick’s $78K as Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jessica Dick$77,825$73,075$73,278$66,852$58,725$57,125
Katie Thorson———$47,770$16,541—
Emily Yaddof—————$40,712
Martin Mackenzie—————$31,602

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

Provides educational radio broadcasts to Northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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1 program · $292K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Public radio station broadcasting approximately 6750 hours in northern wisconsin and the upper peninsula of michigan to present program servics which enrich, entertain, and educate in the broadest sense the citizens of local communities.

$292Kprogram expense

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$34K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$676K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$549K
Other incomeLn 4–11$67K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$42K
Money outPt IX
$679K
Ln 25
Programscol B$292K
Managementcol C$266K
Fundraisingcol D$122K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$536K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$549K
Government grantsLn 1e$238K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$42K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Other incomeLn 4–11$67K
Gains on assetsLn 7$12K
Total revenueLn 12$676K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$536K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$536K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$162K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$364K
Other assetsLn 15$240K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 685
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$446K$536K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$55K$162K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$409K$364K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K$93K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$29K$42K$23K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$231K$72K$104K$56K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$2K$700
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$10K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$8K$11K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$37K$9K$11K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$41K$19K$22K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$821
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$58K$48K$7K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$118K$102K$13K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$2K$5K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$679K$292K$266K$122K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$790K$456K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $748K$834K−$86K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $719K$796K−$77K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $658K$750K−$92K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $925K$696K$229K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $676K$679K−$3K$1.2M 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $675,809 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $484,198$549,014
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $60,837$41,641
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,001$17,905
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $85,418$67,249
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $637,454$675,809
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $375,464$371,295
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $323,298$307,769
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $698,762$679,064
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$61,308−$3,255
Part VI · Governance 10 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $675,809 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,388 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$300,359
VIII-1e Government grants$238,341
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,314
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,314
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$549,014
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,641$41,641
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,430$5,430
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $11,367 · Excluded from tax $45,081$56,448
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $12,475$12,475
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $9,413$9,413
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $41,641 · Unrelated business $11,367 · Excluded from tax $73,787$675,809
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $679,064 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $29,212 · Management $42,405 · Fundraising $22,616$94,233
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $71,727 · Management $104,119 · Fundraising $55,530$231,376
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $2,205 · Fundraising $700$2,905
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $9,679 · Fundraising $8,196$17,875
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,692 · Management $11,243 · Fundraising $5,971$24,906
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,723$11,723
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,439$3,439
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,280$2,280
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,313$2,313
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,988 · Management $10,839 · Fundraising $16,747$36,574
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $8,785$8,785
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,909 · Management $21,594$40,503
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,229 · Management $821$4,050
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $47,548 · Management $6,727 · Fundraising $3,599$57,874
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,853$9,853
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $102,402 · Management $13,056 · Fundraising $2,339$117,797
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,992 · Management $4,703 · Fundraising $5,883$12,578
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $291,699 · Management $265,784 · Fundraising $121,581$679,064
Part X · Balance sheet $1,310,976 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $446,367$536,025
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,685$3,595
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,706$4,900
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $408,789$364,426
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $54,996$162,462
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $231,185$239,568
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,146,728$1,310,976
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,923$6,852
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,164$12,996
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$72,730
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,087$92,578
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,095,631$1,171,188
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $40,010$47,210
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,135,641$1,218,398
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,146,728$1,310,976
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,218,398 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$675,809
XI-2 Total expenses$679,064
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,255
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,135,641
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$86,012
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,218,398

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