CBS TEVEVISION NETWORK AFFILIATES ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: CBS TEVEVISION NETWORK AFFILIATES ASSOCIATION (EIN 23-7288402)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-04-30
IRS object ID: 202641209349302509
Schema version: 2025v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-04-30T15:43:11-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	631035228	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JACKSON THORNTON & CO PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 96	AddressLine1Txt
City	MONTGOMERY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	361010096	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237288402	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CBS TELEVISION NETWORK AFFILIATES	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CBST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3342061400	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	201 MONROE ST RSA TOWER 20TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	MONTGOMERY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36104	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DANA NEVES	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3342061400	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-04-29	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	CHRISTINE K COOK	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00537690	PTIN
Phone	3348347660	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-04-29	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	DANA NEVES	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	201 MONROE ST RSA TOWER 20TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	MONTGOMERY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$538,730	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1973	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING GENERALLY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NETWORK TELEVISION BROADCASTING BY AFFILIATED STATIONS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$466,900	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$531,990	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$9,917	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$6,740	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$476,817	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$538,730	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$587,878	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$747,150	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$587,878	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$747,150	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$111,061	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$208,420	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$995,553	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$842,319	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$42,897	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$98,083	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$952,656	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$744,236	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING GENERALLY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NETWORK TELEVISION BROADCASTING BY AFFILIATED STATIONS. THE ASSOCIATION DEVELOPS, PROMOTES AND PRESERVES GOOD NETWORK TELECASTING PRACTICES AND PROMOTES INTERESTS OF TELEVISION NETWORK AFFILIATES WITH OTHER BROADCASTING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SERVING PUBLIC INTEREST.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TV BROADCASTING IN GENERAL. ALSO, TO ENSURE NETWORK TV BROADCASTING SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND DEVELOP, PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD NETWORK TELEVISION PRACTICES.	Desc
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3342061400	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	201 MONROE STREET RSA TOWER 20TH	AddressLine1Txt
City	MONTGOMERY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
DANA ZIMMER
VICE-CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DANA NEVES
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ERIC BRADLEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT HIJUELOS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS YOUNG
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS CORNELIUS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WADE DEAVER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS RIPLEY
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM COX
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DANIEL YORK
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ASHLEY GOLD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMY LIZ PITTENGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$531,990	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$531,990	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,740	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,740	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$538,730	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$6,740	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$686,954	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,343	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$876	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,552	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	BANK CHARGES	Desc
Total	$425	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$747,150	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$993,184	BOYAmt
EOY	$841,253	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,374	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$995	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,066	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$995,553	BOYAmt
EOY	$842,319	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,083	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,083	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$952,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$744,236	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$952,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$744,236	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$995,553	BOYAmt
EOY	$842,319	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$208,420	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	Yes (1)	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION SHALL CONSIST OF AFFILIATE-OWNED STATION MEMBERSHIP AND NETWORK-OWNED STATION MEMBERSHIP. AFFILIATE-OWNED STATION MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE PER MEMBER REGARDING MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP FOR DECISION. NETWORK-OWNED STATION MEMBERS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A VOTE. IN 2025, NO NETWORK -OWNED STATIONS ARE MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	AFFILIATE-OWNED STATION MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE PER MEMBER TO ELECT THE ASSOCIATION'S GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S TREASURER PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ASSOCIATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRES THAT BOARD MEMBERS DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. DISCLOSED CONFLICTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, RESOLVED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY, AND DOCUMENTATED IN THE MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	CURRENTLY, THE ASSOCIATION DOES NOT COMPENSATE ANY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. THEREFORE, THESE POLICIES ARE NOT NECESSARY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE FORMAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SO THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION.