WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (EIN 04-2104397)
Tax period: 2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed: 2019-05-13
IRS object ID: 201901339349304275
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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 A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-05-13T10:58:04-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	042104397	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 GUEST ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	021352016	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	042104397	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WGBH Educational Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WGBH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6173002000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	One Guest Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Irvin A Alexander III	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-05-13	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6173002000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Jonathan C Abbott	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	One Guest Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$324,062,224	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.wgbh.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1951	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	31	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	29	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1461	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1300	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$6,467,202	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$176,293,893	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$202,434,281	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$16,208,122	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$16,981,335	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$221,074,336	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$6,811,052	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,365,201	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,615,221	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$415,941,552	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$231,841,889	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,538,126	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,601,661	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$86,892,064	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$92,946,822	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$1,181,926	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$750,052	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$30,219,799	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$107,657,607	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$116,598,240	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$198,269,723	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$214,896,775	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$217,671,829	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$16,945,114	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$811,053,326	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$914,594,427	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$237,675,837	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$310,672,730	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$573,377,489	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$603,921,697	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$170,358,591	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$4,601,661	GrantAmt
Revenue	$16,981,335	RevenueAmt
Desc	WGBH Boston has undertaken a wide range of activities that have led to its steady growth through the years as one of America's preeminent public media institutions. From its roots as a local public radio and TV station, WGBH continues to grow in service to its community and the nation and has become PBS's single largest producer of content for TV and the Web. It has a vibrant and expanding local radio newsroom and produces programs heard nationally on public radio. WGBHs storytelling educates, inspires, entertains and connects people with ideas and with one another, creating a bridge across cultures to the world around us. For 65 years, that mission has remained constant, from local productions like Basic Black and High School Quiz Show to national series like Masterpiece and Antiques Roadshow. In today's digital age, we share our stories in every format, on our digital mural overlooking the Mass Pike; through apps and podcasts; and in person at our studios in Brighton, in Dorchester, and at the Boston Public Library. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, we are engaging with our community.And in our children's area we worked with the Boston Public Schools and multiple other partners to support educational efforts with new immigrant families. Our longstanding science series NOVA reaches one in every six Americans, and is the most-used science resource in America's high schools.WGBH is partnering with NASA on Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms, a five-year project that gives us access to the extraordinary materials from NASA space missions. Over 30,000 students are using this K-12 educational collection.Learning is fundamental in a young child's world, critical to success in school, and in life. For parents and caregivers without adequate resources, supporting their children's learning can be a challenge. WGBH has long been a trusted partner to educators, parents and children, creating high quality educational programs and services that give kids a chance for success.WGBH makes educational resources available directly to schools and families through PBS LearningMedia, the free, online digital media service co-founded by WGBH for Massachusetts educators. It's now being used by more than half of the Commonwealths educators and is helping 1 million unique users each month. PBS Learning Media is a national online platform of more than 100,000 educational resources for teachers, students and parents, aligned with the curriculum in every state. WGBH is a pioneer in media access services for 35 million Americans with hearing or vision loss.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$170,358,591	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	837	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1461	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (true)	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	31	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	29	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	Yes (true)	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or Procedure	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Irvin A Alexander III	PersonNm
Phone	6173002444	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	One Guest Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (48 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Jonathan C Abbott
President & CEO	40.00	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$689,522	$0	$44,135
Henry Becton Jr
Vice Chair	24.00	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$77,249	$0	$21,420
Richard M Burnes Jr
Chairman	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Amy Abrams
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marcia Blenko
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lynn B Dayton
Vice Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Laura A DeBonis
Trste thru 3/18	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pam Eddinger
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Juan Enriquez
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Grace Fey
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ann M Fudge
Vice Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Benjamin Gomez
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ann L Gund
Trste thru 3/18	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan B Kaplan
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marjie B Kargman
Vice Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ann Klee
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul W Lee
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Lowell
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard K Lubin
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Oscar F Malcolm
Trstee thru3/18	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher J McKown
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Martin Meehan
Trste thru12/17	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cathy E Minehan
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Martha L Minow
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anthony Monaco
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul R Murphy
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marvin Lee Pelton
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melinda A Rabb
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey Rayport
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
L Rafael Reif
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cynthia L Strauss
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William N Thorndike
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stephen Wagner
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Hans P Ziegler
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Benjamin Godley
COO & PresBusSv	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$518,096	$0	$32,835
Irvin A Alexander III
CFO & Treasurer	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$316,724	$0	$19,742
Susan L Kantrowitz
VP Gen Counsel	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$248,637	$0	$33,970
Eric Brass
CorpConsl Clerk	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$152,636	$0	$18,713
John Bredar
VP National Programming	40.00	0.00			$408,167	$0	$35,669	Yes (X)
Raney Aronson
Exec Producer	40.00	0.00			$338,666	$0	$33,050	Yes (X)
David Bernstein
VP - GM Ent & Co-Pres PBSd	20.00	20.00			$156,380	$209,387	$48,070	Yes (X)
Winifred Lenihan
VP Development	40.00	0.00			$299,335	$0	$32,904	Yes (X)
Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer	40.00	0.00			$442,184	$0	$33,361		Yes (X)
James Braude
Host Exec Editor	40.00	0.00			$406,925	$0	$13,246		Yes (X)
Terry Fitzpatrick
VP Childrens Media	40.00	0.00			$319,821	$0	$21,178		Yes (X)
David Fanning
Sr Advisor/Produce	40.00	0.00			$316,546	$0	$39,073		Yes (X)
Paula Apsell
Sr Exec Producer	40.00	0.00			$300,965	$0	$38,447		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$4,991,853	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$209,387	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$465,813	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	188	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
BBC Worldwide
1120 Avenue of the Americas	New York	NY	10036	Program Production	$5,223,499
Kirk Documentary Group Ltd
99 Codman Road	Brookline	MA	02445	Program Production	$2,940,196
Rain Media Inc
121 West 27th Street	New York	NY	10001	Program Production	$2,387,319
Smart Source of Boston
PO Box 932124	Atlanta	GA	31193	Printing Services	$1,410,661
Ark Media
325 Gold Street Ste 602	Brooklyn	NY	11201	Program Production	$1,222,079

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	55	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$31,744,103	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$1,102	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$2,913,539	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$7,517,453	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$160,258,084	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$15,764,583	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$202,434,281	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Caption Services	515100	$5,110,622	$38,450	$5,072,172
Contributor Dev Partnersh	515100	$4,862,847	$4,862,847
NCAM Services	515100	$778,501		$778,501
Production Services	515100	$942,126	$34,748	$907,378
Program Grants & Contract	515100	$4,613,291	$4,613,291

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$673,948	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$319,297	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$354,651	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$16,981,335	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,880,468	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$493,178	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,387,290	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,314,584	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$7,314,584	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$3,407,509	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,546,187	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$1,138,678	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,138,678	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$1,138,678	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$89,235,334	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$86,304,750	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,930,584	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,930,584	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,930,584	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$808,713	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,102	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$1,369,398	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$560,685	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$559,583	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$231,841,889	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$9,868,633	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$6,467,202	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$13,072,875	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,949,533	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,949,533	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,652,128	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,652,128	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,648,913	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,649,168	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$340,828	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$658,917	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,054,249	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,510,171	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,012,984	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,531,094	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,089,323	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,517,402	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$195,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$376,701	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,654,988	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,833,283	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$621,825	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,199,880	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,499,349	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,993,983	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$513,845	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$991,521	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,621,873	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,312,002	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,060,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$249,628	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$518,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$254,096	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$215,899	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$48,305	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$199,305	TotalAmt
Management And General	$199,305	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$750,052	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$750,052	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,710,531	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,710,531	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,488,802	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,325,753	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$467,302	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,695,747	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,716,792	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,644,850	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$786,257	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,285,685	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$328,435	TotalAmt
Program Services	$155,925	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$72,395	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$100,115	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,945,624	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,337,020	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$133,072	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$475,532	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,239,149	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,015,821	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$501,874	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$721,454	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,225,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,649,166	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$162,656	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$413,473	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$308,449	TotalAmt
Program Services	$163,687	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,504	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$122,258	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,132,969	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,324,457	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,834,926	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$973,586	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,572,329	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,872,677	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,878,232	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$821,420	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,023,480	TotalAmt
Program Services	$639,370	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$313,678	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$70,432	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program Acquisitions	$59,736,934	$59,137,773	$3,008	$596,153
Digital Services Expense	$4,029,909	$1,888,745	$345,786	$1,795,378
Miscellaneous Expenses	$3,793,729	$2,310,330		$1,483,399
Equipment Maintenance	$1,513,009	$1,027,175	$360,847	$124,987

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-$4,506,674	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,194,076	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$4,434,832	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	-$1,265,918	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$214,896,775	TotalAmt
Program Services	$170,358,591	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,318,385	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,219,799	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,519,030	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,577,855	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,976,865	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,501,340	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,175,090	BOYAmt
EOY	$143,918,822	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$230,221,074	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,576,922	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,260,153	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,949,251	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,079,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,965,376	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$250,556,389	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$93,007,778	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$159,967,553	BOYAmt
EOY	$157,548,611	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,655,350	BOYAmt
EOY	$239,191,987	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,074,175	BOYAmt
EOY	$146,593,307	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,124,927	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,770,956	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$811,053,326	BOYAmt
EOY	$914,594,427	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,503,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,251,952	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,905,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,442,630	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$169,266,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$170,978,148	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$237,675,837	BOYAmt
EOY	$310,672,730	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,962,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$397,405,206	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,473,907	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,184,171	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,940,768	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,332,320	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$573,377,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$603,921,697	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$811,053,326	BOYAmt
EOY	$914,594,427	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$16,945,114	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$17,653,772	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$4,054,678	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$172,270,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$168,993,910	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$136,089,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$176,293,893	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$202,450,181	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$856,098,069	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$172,270,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$168,993,910	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$136,089,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$176,293,893	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$202,450,181	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$856,098,069	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$856,098,069	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,764,495	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,272,934	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,025,915	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,770,299	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,701,874	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,535,517	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$58,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$196,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,302	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$268,688	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$791,923	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$708,094	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$705,961	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$722,325	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$809,815	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,738,118	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$888,640,392	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$50,546,818	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.96340	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96810	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Support Schedule: Other Income Explanation	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part II, Line 10, Other IncomeGross receipts from special events related to the organization's charitable purpose.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 Tax	false	Form4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMadeInd
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$168,000	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$2,317	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$199,305	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$369,622	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912TaxInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part II-B Description of Lobbying ActivityThe Foundation paid membership dues to a lobbying organization for public television that provides services on behalf of its members. The amount paid is reported on line 1(i). Working with that organization, WGBH staff members make an annual visit to Washington to meet with members of our Congressional delegation, and through the year is in contact with delegation offices to provide information about our work and acknowledge the value of federal funding to support it. The Foundation participated in an effort to educate the public about potential cuts to federal funding for public broadcasting. The Foundation shared messages with stations to help them raise awareness about the value of public media and how federal funding supports it. The communications encouraged station members and the public to let their elected officials know how they feel about public broadcasting. The direct expenses are reported on line 1(b), (d) & (g).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$82,247,168	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$224,109,296	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,687,116	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$1,503,656	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$1,726,892	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$311,813,032	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$78,672,085	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,997,154	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$9,816,353	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$8,452,168	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$802,656	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$82,247,168	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$82,676,136	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,819,514	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$3,061,636	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$3,153,783	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$608,146	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$78,672,085	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$83,660,734	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,851,905	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$357,573	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$2,589,303	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$604,773	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$82,676,136	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$71,399,612	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,675,764	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$12,142,236	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$2,523,994	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$1,032,884	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$83,660,734	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.81810	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.13260	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.04930	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,716,080	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$6,716,080	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$174,510,626	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$50,460,351	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$124,050,275	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$40,592,603	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$30,752,610	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$9,839,993	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$28,737,080	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$11,794,817	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$16,942,263	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$157,548,611	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Securities	$146,593,307	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (13 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Beneficial interest in perpetual trust	$1,641,385
Brewster Radio License	$2,427,000
Capitalized Broker Fees	$1,057,727
Deferred Asset - Rental Income	$983,632
Deferred Compensation	$999,313
Funds held under bond agreements	$2,818,686
National Public Media, LLC	$477,938
Outside Managed Trusts	$780,881
Public Media Distribution, LLC	$22,602,281
RadioPublic	$500,000
RoundCorner	$180,400
WCRB Radio License	$14,441,713
WFXZ Television License	$1,860,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$50,770,956	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$252,808,937	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$17,653,772	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,436,469	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$1,876,807	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$20,967,048	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$231,841,889	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$231,841,889	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$222,264,729	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,436,469	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$5,931,485	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$7,367,954	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$214,896,775	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$214,896,775	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	Endowment fund is held to support future programs and services to fulfill the organization's mission.
Part X : FIN48 Footnote	The Foundation is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. US GAAP requires the Foundation to evaluate tax positions taken by the Foundation and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Foundation has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Foundation has analyzed the tax positions taken and has concluded that as of June 30, 2018, there are no significant uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	Rental $4562087 Special Event Direct $1369398 Net Asset Transfer $-413277 Loss on defeasance $-3341401 Other losses $-300000
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	Rental $4562087 Special Event Direct $1369398

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
North America	Program Services	Production Services	$1,655,000
Central America	Investments		$113,765,000
North America	Grants		$1,056,000
Europe	Grants		$596,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$117,072,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$117,072,000	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Description Of Non Cash AsstDescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
Europe	Research Services	$596,173	WireTransfer	N/A	FMV
North America	Animation Services	$1,055,955	WireTransfer	N/A	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	2	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Donor Development Strateg
899 Logan St	Denver	CO	80203	Consult Strateg	false	$654,584	$378,906	$275,678
Next Generation Fundraisi
1235 Westlakes Dr Ste130	Berwyn	PA	19312	Consult Strateg	false	$1,095,985	$280,862	$815,123
InfoCision
325 Springside Drive	Akron	OH	44333	Consult Strateg	false	$287,771	$90,284	$197,487
(no name)
					false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$2,038,340	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$750,052	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$1,288,288	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Auction	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$276,817	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$276,817	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$213,005	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Wine Festival	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$81,348	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$81,348	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$191,216	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	10	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$451,650	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$1,102	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$450,548	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$965,177	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$809,815	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,102	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$808,713	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$1,369,398	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$1,369,398	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$560,685	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	A portion of the amounts shown in Part I for Donor Development Strategies is canvassing expenses for new member development to build the Foundation's membership file.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (13 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc
Ark Media
325 Gold Street Ste 602	Brooklyn	NY	11201	133956087	$154,790	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
Education Development Center
43 Foundry Avenue	Waltham	MA	02453	042241178	$1,163,928	$0	FMV	Research services for programs	501 (c) (3)
FHI 360
PO Box 13950	Durham	NC	27709	237413005	$240,316	$0	FMV	Research services for programs	501 (c) (3)
Harvard University
6 APian Way 339 Gutman Libra	Cambridge	MA	02138	042103580	$27,066	$0	FMV	Research services for programs	501 (c) (3)
Kentucky Education Foundation
600 Cooper Drive	Lexington	KY	40502	610722558	$78,543	$0	FMV	Research services for programs	501 (c) (3)
Lawrence Klein Productions
1211 Light St Apt 114	Baltimore	MD	21230	216527809	$212,369	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
Little Bay Pictures
179 Durham Point Road	Durham	NH	03824	814637234	$307,986	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
Lone Wolf Pictures
10 Cottage Road	S Portland	ME	04106	043341545	$138,920	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
Oregon State University
A312 Kerr Admin	Corvallis	OR	97331	611730890	$109,628	$0	FMV	Evaluation services for project	115
Pangloss Films
66 Midwood St	Brooklyn	NY	11225	320142212	$225,987	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
Parallel Films
173 Underhill Avenue 4	Brooklyn	NY	11238	463326915	$130,000	$0	FMV	Co-production services for programs
PopUp Archive
2355 Broadway Ste 402	Okland	CA	94612	472644585	$50,000	$0	FMV	Development of archive catalog tool
University of California SB
552 University Rd MC 2040	Santa Barbara	CA	93106	956006145	$110,000	$0	FMV	Research services for programs	501 (c) (3)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	6	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	7	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Pre-Award Often, a federal agency funding a project (or other funder), wants to know at the beginning of the project about the planned use of subrecipients. It is crucial that expenditures for subrecipients are classified correctly in budgets and project plans and are approved by the funder before work begins, and that the risk of the subrecipient's noncompliance with federal rules and grant conditions be evaluated. All potential subrecipients must also be verified against the Governments Excluded Parties List (EPL) (www.sam.gov; see also http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov/Default.aspx). Procurement staff is to compare the names of each subrecipient against the EPL and print out any results of the search. Evidence of the search of the EPL must be maintained in the project files. If the subrecipient shows a record of suspension or debarment in the EPL, Project Staff must not proceed with that subrecipient and must alert the Compliance department. WGBH is prohibited from using any supplier/service provider on the EPL, and any work then in progress with a subrecipient on the EPL must be terminated immediately.Post-Contract Monitoring Once the contract has been signed and work has commenced, WGBH and the project team are responsible for monitoring the performance of the subrecipient. Subrecipient monitoring occurs in two forms:Performance Monitoring This involves the project team ensuring that the subrecipient is meeting the performance requirements of the contract and award, including timeliness, scope and results. This monitoring is generally performed by the project team and can be accomplished through meetings, conversations or other methods. Site visits are another monitoring procedure to evaluate the subrecipients compliance with the terms of the project/award and the appropriateness of the subrecipients administration of the project. All performance monitoring activities should be documented in the project files. If issues are identified, the related follow-up or corrective action taken should also be documented in the project file.Compliance Monitoring WGBH is also responsible for monitoring the subrecipients compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This can be accomplished in multiple ways. Annually, WGBH will send a questionnaire to all known subrecipients requesting a copy of their most recent Single Audit report and other information. Responses will be sent back to WGBHs Compliance department, which will review the results and follow up on any findings identified. All responses will be verified against the U.S. Federal Audit Clearinghouse website. If issues are identified that impact a particular project, that project team will be notified. Compliance department will then work with the subrecipient and the project to resolve the issues noted. A final determination on the issue (including references, if applicable) will be provided to the subrecipient within six months of issue identification and any corrective action required of the subrecipients must be completed as soon as possible.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (true)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Benjamin Godley
COO & PresBusSv	$399,616	$100,000	$18,480	$10,511	$22,324	$550,931
David Bernstein
VP - GM Ent & Co-Pres PBSd	$120,854	$35,000	$526	$5,120	$25,665	$187,165	$113,579	$95,000	$808	$16,259	$1,026	$226,672
David Fanning
Sr Advisor/Produce	$308,876	$5,000	$2,670	$10,800	$28,273	$355,619
Eric Brass
CorpConsl Clerk	$134,419	$17,500	$717	$5,604	$13,109	$171,349
Irvin A Alexander III
CFO & Treasurer	$289,049	$17,000	$10,675	$7,172	$12,570	$336,466
James Braude
Host Exec Editor	$395,793	$8,000	$3,132	$10,800	$2,446	$420,171
John Bredar
VP National Programming	$341,622	$50,000	$16,545	$10,691	$24,978	$443,836
Jonathan C Abbott
President & CEO	$534,289	$135,000	$20,233	$13,259	$30,876	$733,657
Paula Apsell
Sr Exec Producer	$283,547	$14,489	$2,929	$10,798	$27,649	$339,412
Raney Aronson
Exec Producer	$303,719	$34,480	$467	$10,442	$22,608	$371,716
Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer	$283,894	$13,464	$144,826	$10,620	$22,741	$475,545
Susan L Kantrowitz
VP Gen Counsel	$232,132	$15,000	$1,505	$9,584	$24,386	$282,607
Terry Fitzpatrick
VP Childrens Media	$283,595	$25,000	$11,226	$10,568	$10,610	$340,999
Winifred Lenihan
VP Development	$272,525	$25,000	$1,810	$10,679	$22,225	$332,239

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Compensation determinations are based on performance, considered within the context of independent benchmark data for comparable positions at similar organizations and supported by relevant documentation.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (3 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
Massachusetts Development
A	043431814	57583RYA7	2008-05-29	$129,932,510	Refunded 12/10/07,3/30/06,8/11	false	false	false
Massachusetts Development
B	043431814	57584XRV5	2016-07-27	$49,263,554	Refunded 05/29/08	false	false	false
Massachusetts Development
C	043431814	57584X6N6	2017-12-19	$23,666,901	Refunded 05/29/08	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (3 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$6,045,000	$129,932,510	$117,195,573	$8,196,722	$4,540,215	2008	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$45,885,000	$49,263,554	$48,749,002	$514,552		2018	false	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)
C	$22,515,000	$23,666,901	$23,404,386	$262,515		2018	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (3 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	0.27040	0.01460	0.28500	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	0.27040	0.01460	0.28500	false	false	Yes (true)
C	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	0.27040	0.01460	0.28500	false	false	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (3 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
A	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	Yes (true)			false	false	false	Yes (true)
C	false	Yes (true)			false	false	false	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (3 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	Yes (true)
B	Yes (true)
C	Yes (true)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part VI	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part I, Line A (f)Refunded 12/10/07, 03/30/06, 08/11/05, 04/10/02Rebate Date: 5/29/2018Part II, Line 7 (Bond A) Issuance Costs From ProceedsInformation on Tax Exempt BondsMassachusetts Development Finance AgencyCost of Issuance...........................$ 1,359,014.Underwriter Discount....................... 650,308.Credit enhancement......................... 4,540,215.Swap termination fee....................... 6,187,400. ______________ 12,736,937.Part III, Question 6While our private business use during fiscal year 2018 totaled 28.50%, our analysis with our bond counsel concluded that private business use during the 36 year life of the bonds was in compliance with the tax-exempt bonds financing limits for private business use. Factors included in the analysis were WGBHs initial equity contribution of 13.3%, the 5% private business use allowance for property financed with tax-exempt bonds and WGBHs projected use of its space through 2042.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	68	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$70,824	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$6,567	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	156	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$13,408,627	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Collectibles CollectiblesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	27	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$10,031	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	295	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$49,487	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (5 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Gift Certificat	48	$8,543	Selling Price
Yes (X)	Travel	198	$151,424	Selling Price
Yes (X)	Tickets	180	$28,182	Selling Price
Yes (X)	Other	467	$170,898	Selling Price
Yes (X)	WFXZ License	1	$1,860,000	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	1	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third Parties	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Automobiles are donated to WGBH through a third party organization which provides disposition services and forwards proceeds and detailed reporting to WGBH.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Form 990 was prepared by the organization's management and reviewed in detail by tax advisors from a national accounting firm. The Chief Financial Officer reviewed Form 990 prior to it being presented to the audit committee. The audit committee reviewed the form 990 and approved for submission to the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to the final form being electronically submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, a copy was provided to all members of the board of trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The organization maintains a written conflict of interest policy which is updated and disseminated to all employees and trustees annually. The Chief Compliance Officer of the organization requires that each key employee, officer and trustee complete a conflict of interest disclosure form annually and reviews them. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts describing the nature of the affiliation, and indicating whether he or she has or may have a conflict of interest involving any financial transaction of WGBH. In the event there is a change in the information submitted in the disclosure statement, the person submitting it is to promptly submit written notification of the change. At the conclusion of the fiscal year prior to the submission of the Form 990, a governing body member is required to disclose any conflicts of interest that may have existed during the prior fiscal year using the provided questionnaire. All transactions disclosed by trustees or officers as related-party transactions shall be reviewed by the audit committee of the board of trustees, provided that only those members of the committee who have no involvement with any related-party transactions involving the Foundation ("Independent Trustees") shall participate in such review. In the case of a transaction that is covered, the audit committee shall determine whether, all factors considered, the transaction is fair and reasonable to, and is in the best interest of the Foundation. Approval of a related-party transaction shall require a majority vote of the Independent Trustees at a meeting at which there is a quorum determined solely with regard to Independent Trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The organization's compensation committee of the board of trustees is an independent committee, the members of which each year verify that they do not have any conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer and top management employees. This committee reviewed the Chief Executive Officer's annual goals and performance, and determined the Chief Executive Officer's compensation package. The committee also reviewed and approved the compensation package for all executive leaders that was prepared by the CEO and COO. The committee utilized third party data to benchmark comparable compensation packages for the CEO and other key executive roles in functionally comparable positions and similar sized organizations. The compensation review is an annual process and is documented each year in the compensation committee minutes, in which the deliberation and decisions regarding the compensation arrangements for the CEO and the executive leadership team are recorded. The compensation committee reports on its meetings and actions to the full board of trustees or the executive committee of the board.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	See explanation for Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a above.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Loss on defeasance = -$3341401
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Net Asset Transfer = -$413277
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Other losses = -$300000
Form 990, Part IV, Line 12 Question: Audited Financial Statements	As the organization and its subsidiaries meet the GAAP requirements for consolidation, the organization received consolidated audited financial statements for the year for which it is completing the return. An independent auditing firm conducted the audit of the financial statements. The audited financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Other Expenses	The reclass shown in other expenses in the Statement of Functional Expenses is done to more accurately allocate indirect expenses to the applicable functional expense categories. (A) (B) (C) (D) Program Management Total Services & General Fundraising ---------- ----------- ----------- -------------Bad Debt Expenses 397,614. 166,896. 127,255. 103,463.Event Expense -1,369,398. -1,369,398.Production Expense 1,027,197. 1,027,180. 17.Rental Expense -4,562,087. -4,562,087. ---------- ------------ ----------- ------------- Total $-4,506,674. $1,194,076. $-4,434,832. $-1,265,918. ========== ============ =========== =============
Form 990, Part VI, Line 16(b)	Question: Written policy or procedure on joint venture participationThe organization consults with legal counsel while evaluating its participation in new joint venture agreements to ensure the organization does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status.
Form 990, Part VI, Sec A, Line 2, Public Media Distribution Co. (PBSd)	Jonathan C. Abbott and Henry Becton, Jr. are both officers of WGBH Educational Foundation and trustees of Public Media Distribution Company (PBSd).

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
BTL Music Inc
One Guest Street	Boston	MA	02135	043538634	Music rights	MA	501(c)(3)	12b	WGBH	Yes (true)
Listen to the Lion Music Inc
One Guest Street	Boston	MA	02135	043538632	Music rights	MA	501(c)(3)	12b	WGBH	Yes (true)
Great Blue Hills Music Inc
One Guest Street	Boston	MA	02135	043312068	Music rights	MA	501(c)(3)	12b	WGBH	Yes (true)
WGBH Music Inc
One Guest Street	Boston	MA	02135	043312069	Music rights	MA	501(c)(3)	12b	WGBH	Yes (true)
Public Television Playhouse Inc
One Guest Street	Boston	MA	02135	521224699	Program distribution	MA	501(c)(3)	12b	WGBHKCETWNET	Yes (true)
Public Radio International
401 2nd Ave North Ste 500	Minneapolis	MN	55401	411425271	Radio network	MN	501(c)(3)	7	WGBH	false

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Predominant Income TypePredominantIncomeTypeTxt	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncomeAmt	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssetsAmt	Disproportionate AllocationsDisproportionateAllocationsInd	UBI Code VUBICodeVAmt	General Or Managing PartnerGeneralOrManagingPartnerInd	OwnershipOwnershipPct
Public Media Distribution Company
2100 Crystal Drive	Arlington	VA	22202	263659281	Distribution	VA	PBS	Related	$15,186,058	$22,602,281	false	$280,063	false	0.40000
National Public Media
156 West 56th St Ste 903	New York	NY	10019	261156765	Underwriting	DE	NPR	Related		$477,938	false	$124,737	false	0.18000

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RoundCorner Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2075 Allston Way Ste 202	AddressLine1Txt
City	Berkeley	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94704	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	270869701	EIN
Primary Activities	Application	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Entity Type	C Corp	EntityTypeTxt
Share Of EOY Assets	$180,400	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Ownership	0.09700	OwnershipPct
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	Yes (true)	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	Yes (true)	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (6 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Public Radio International
b	$413,277	Accural
Public Radio International
c	$2,913,539	Accural
Public Media Distribution Company
g	$3,687,965	Accrual
Public Media Distribution Company
j	$237,198	Accrual
Public Media Distribution Company
q	$284,539	Accrual
RoundCorner Inc
g	$75,720	Accrual