Why WGBH Educational Foundation
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProduces and distributes educational, inspiring public media content—including television, radio, and digital programming—to foster learning, culture, and diverse perspectives nationwide.
- The WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, is the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America. With its wide range of programs, events and services it is one of the nation's preeminent public media institutions.As the largest producer of…$197.1M spent in FY2024
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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgPeers pay
$115K–$185K
Massachusetts orgs
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Pays its leaders
$331K–$696K
12 officers reported
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Budget
$231.6M
spent in FY2023
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 18
Staff
1,316
employees
1,500 volunteers
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 5–6
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Surplus or deficit
−3%
of revenue, FY2023
Concern: revenue was below expenses in the latest filing.
Pt I · Ln 19
Cash reserves
30 mo
of spending, in cash and securities
Looks good: 30.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Latest return
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file
IRS status
501(c)(3)
tax-exempt since 1956
Looks good: listed by the IRS.
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About WGBH Educational Foundation
From its Form 990- Budget $215.6M · Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Staff 1,316 · founded 1951
- Pays its leaders $331K–$696K (12 reported)
- Open jobs 20 · Jobs at WGBH Educational Foundation · Full 990 report