Twin Cities Public Television Inc is located in Saint Paul, MN. The organization was established in 1958. According to its NTEE Classification (A32) the organization is classified as: Television, under the broad grouping of Arts, Culture & Humanities and related organizations. As of 08/2021, Twin Cities Public Television Inc employed 290 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Twin Cities Public Television Inc is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 08/2020, Twin Cities Public Television Inc generated $37.1m in total revenue. The organization has seen a slow decline revenue. Over the past 6 years, revenues have fallen by an average of (1.5%) each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $45.1m during the year ending 08/2020. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing
TAX YEAR
2020
Describe the Organization's Mission:
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THE MISSION OF TWIN CITIES PBS (TPT) IS TO ENRICH LIVES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER OF MEDIA. AS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, TPT USES TELEVISION, INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, CULTURE AND CITIZENSHIP. IN ITS NEARLY 60-YEAR HISTORY, TPT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING PEABODY AWARDS, AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EMMYS. BASED IN SAINT PAUL, MN, TPT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY VIEWED PUBLIC TV STATIONS IN THE NATION, REACHING MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE EACH MONTH THROUGH MULTIPLE BROADCAST AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. THE ORGANIZATION'S PARTICULAR AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE: THE EDUCATIONAL READINESS OF CHILDREN; SERVING THE NEEDS AND UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF AMERICA'S AGING POPULATION; ENGAGING A NEW GENERATION IN THE POWER OF PUBLIC MEDIA; AND BEING THE PREFERRED MEDIA PARTNER FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION TO ENRICH LIVES AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY.
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
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PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION: TPT PRODUCES AND ACQUIRES TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL AUDIENCES. IN 2021, WE BROADCAST MORE THAN 43,500 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING TO LOCAL AUDIENCES THROUGH OUR FIVE OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST TELEVISION CHANNELS, AND NEARLY 18,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCES ACROSS MINNESOTA VIA OUR STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL TELEVISION SERVICE. WE PRODUCE A NUMBER OF ORIGINAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCAL TELEVISION SHOW IN THE TWIN CITIES (ALMANAC), A LOCAL PERFORMANCE SERIES (STAGE), A 24/7/365 HEALTH AND SAFETY CHANNEL REACHING ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG AND SOMALI AUDIENCES, A WEEKLY SERIES ABOUT MINNESOTA HISTORY (MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE), A LOCAL CUISINE SERIES (RELISH), AND DOZENS OF PROJECTS PRODUCED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. TPT PRODUCES SEVERAL PROGRAMS FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION INCLUDING LAURA INGALLS WILDER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE, FAST FORWARD AND SCIGIRLS.
BROADCASTING: TPT ORIGINATES FIVE OVER-THE AIR BROADCAST TELEVISION CHANNELS PROVIDING A MIX OF LOCALLY-PRODUCED PROGRAMS AND NATIONAL PBS-DELIVERED CONTENT IN THE 5 SERVICES. REGULARLY SCHEDULE TPT-PRODUCED PROGRAMS INCLUDE A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES THAT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCAL TELEVISION SHOW IN THE TWIN CITIES, ALMANAC; A WEEKLY SERIES ABOUT MINNESOTA HISTORY, MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE; A MUSIC AND ARTS PERFORMANCE SERIES, STAGE; AND DOZENS OF PROJECTS PRODUCED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. OUR PROGRAM SERVICES ALSO INCORPORATE THE PRODUCTIONS THAT TPT CREATES FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION BY PBS AND APT, INCLUDING SCIGIRLS; SUZE ORMAN'S ULTIMATE RETIREMENT GUIDE; LAURA INGALLS WIDLER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE; AND HERO ELEMENTARY. THE FIVE CHANNELS CONSIST OF: TPT2, OUR FLAGSHIP SERVICE FEATURING THE BEST OF PBS PROGRAMMING WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERIES PRODUCED OR ACQUIRED BY TPT TO SERVE LOCAL AUDIENCE NEEDS. TPTLIFE, WHICH IS A GENERAL AUDIENCE SERVICE SHOW CASING THE BEST OF LIFESTYLE, CURRENT AFFAIRS AND DRAMA PROGRAMMING. TPTMN IS THE HOME OF THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL, A 24-HOUR PER DAY LOCAL SERVICE INCLUDING COVERAGE OF THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE WHEN IT IS IN SESSION EACH YEAR (1050 HOURS). ADDITIONALLY, TPTMN PROVIDES 7540 BROADCAST HOURS OF PROGRAMMING ABOUT MINNESOTA INCLUDING ITS PEOPLE, HERITAGE, CULTURES AND HISTORY. THIS PROGRAM SERVICE IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE ASSOCIATION WITH THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION TO AIR ON ALL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS SERVING MINNESOTA VIEWERS. TPTKIDS IS A FULL-TIME SERVICE FOR MINNESOTA CHILDREN, OFFERING THE PBSKIDS NATIONAL PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE 24-HOURS EACH DAY, WITH THE STATED PURPOSE OF PREPARING OUR YOUNGEST VIEWERS TO BE READY FOR SCHOOL BY AGE SIX. TPTNOW PRESENTS REAL-TIME WEATHER, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG AND SOMALI LANGUAGES ON BROADCAST AND STREAMING PLATFORMS. A PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS, TPT NOW'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE MORE MINNESOTANS ARE INFORMED SO THEY ARE HEALTHY, SAFETY AND READY TO RESPOND WHEN NATURAL OR INTENDED DISASTERS OCCUR.
PROGRAM INFORMATION: TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION OPERATES A SERIES OF WEBSITES THAT ARE VISITED BY OVER 500,000 USERS PER MONTH. TPT ALSO MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE ONLINE COLLECTION OF LOCAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND VIDEO SEGMENTS. AT LAST COUNT, APPROXIMATELY 3,900 PROGRAMS REPRESENTING ROUGHLY 20,000 HOURS OF TPT VIDEO CONTENT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH TPT'S INTERACTIVE PORTALS.
PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION: TPT PRODUCES AND ACQUIRES TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL AUDIENCES. IN 2021, WE BROADCAST MORE THAN 43,500 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING TO LOCAL AUDIENCES THROUGH OUR FIVE OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST TELEVISION CHANNELS, AND NEARLY 18,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCES ACROSS MINNESOTA VIA OUR STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL TELEVISION SERVICE. WE PRODUCE A NUMBER OF ORIGINAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCAL TELEVISION SHOW IN THE TWIN CITIES (ALMANAC), A LOCAL PERFORMANCE SERIES (STAGE), A 24/7/365 HEALTH AND SAFETY CHANNEL REACHING ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG AND SOMALI AUDIENCES, A WEEKLY SERIES ABOUT MINNESOTA HISTORY (MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE), A LOCAL CUISINE SERIES (RELISH), AND DOZENS OF PROJECTS PRODUCED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. TPT PRODUCES SEVERAL PROGRAMS FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION INCLUDING LAURA INGALLS WILDER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE, FAST FORWARD AND SCIGIRLS.
BROADCASTING: TPT ORIGINATES FIVE OVER-THE AIR BROADCAST TELEVISION CHANNELS PROVIDING A MIX OF LOCALLY-PRODUCED PROGRAMS AND NATIONAL PBS-DELIVERED CONTENT IN THE 5 SERVICES. REGULARLY SCHEDULE TPT-PRODUCED PROGRAMS INCLUDE A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES THAT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCAL TELEVISION SHOW IN THE TWIN CITIES, ALMANAC; A WEEKLY SERIES ABOUT MINNESOTA HISTORY, MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE; A MUSIC AND ARTS PERFORMANCE SERIES, STAGE; AND DOZENS OF PROJECTS PRODUCED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. OUR PROGRAM SERVICES ALSO INCORPORATE THE PRODUCTIONS THAT TPT CREATES FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION BY PBS AND APT, INCLUDING SCIGIRLS; SUZE ORMAN'S ULTIMATE RETIREMENT GUIDE; LAURA INGALLS WIDLER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE; AND HERO ELEMENTARY. THE FIVE CHANNELS CONSIST OF: TPT2, OUR FLAGSHIP SERVICE FEATURING THE BEST OF PBS PROGRAMMING WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERIES PRODUCED OR ACQUIRED BY TPT TO SERVE LOCAL AUDIENCE NEEDS. TPTLIFE, WHICH IS A GENERAL AUDIENCE SERVICE SHOW CASING THE BEST OF LIFESTYLE, CURRENT AFFAIRS AND DRAMA PROGRAMMING. TPTMN IS THE HOME OF THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL, A 24-HOUR PER DAY LOCAL SERVICE INCLUDING COVERAGE OF THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE WHEN IT IS IN SESSION EACH YEAR (1050 HOURS). ADDITIONALLY, TPTMN PROVIDES 7540 BROADCAST HOURS OF PROGRAMMING ABOUT MINNESOTA INCLUDING ITS PEOPLE, HERITAGE, CULTURES AND HISTORY. THIS PROGRAM SERVICE IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE ASSOCIATION WITH THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION TO AIR ON ALL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS SERVING MINNESOTA VIEWERS. TPTKIDS IS A FULL-TIME SERVICE FOR MINNESOTA CHILDREN, OFFERING THE PBSKIDS NATIONAL PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE 24-HOURS EACH DAY, WITH THE STATED PURPOSE OF PREPARING OUR YOUNGEST VIEWERS TO BE READY FOR SCHOOL BY AGE SIX. TPTNOW PRESENTS REAL-TIME WEATHER, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG AND SOMALI LANGUAGES ON BROADCAST AND STREAMING PLATFORMS. A PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS, TPT NOW'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE MORE MINNESOTANS ARE INFORMED SO THEY ARE HEALTHY, SAFETY AND READY TO RESPOND WHEN NATURAL OR INTENDED DISASTERS OCCUR.
PROGRAM INFORMATION: TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION OPERATES A SERIES OF WEBSITES THAT ARE VISITED BY OVER 500,000 USERS PER MONTH. TPT ALSO MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE ONLINE COLLECTION OF LOCAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND VIDEO SEGMENTS. AT LAST COUNT, APPROXIMATELY 3,900 PROGRAMS REPRESENTING ROUGHLY 20,000 HOURS OF TPT VIDEO CONTENT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH TPT'S INTERACTIVE PORTALS.
Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
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Name Not Listed Trustee | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
Vendor Name (Service) | Service Year | Compensation |
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Outdoor America Productions Llc Production Oversight | 8/30/21 | $1,540,404 |
Salmon Borre Group Ltd Marketing | 8/30/21 | $635,704 |
Hero School Productions Inc Production Oversight | 8/30/21 | $685,761 |
Wested Research | 8/30/21 | $1,170,759 |
Flx Entertainment Corporation Production Oversight | 8/30/21 | $580,000 |
Outdoor America Productions Llc Production Oversight | 8/30/21 | $1,540,404 |
Statement of Revenue | |
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Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $33,324,380 |
Investment income | $736,947 |
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds | $0 |
Royalties | $787,804 |
Net Rental Income | $0 |
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales | -$7,690 |
Net Income from Fundraising Events | $0 |
Net Income from Gaming Activities | $0 |
Net Income from Sales of Inventory | $0 |
Miscellaneous Revenue | $0 |
Total Revenue | $37,144,506 |
Statement of Expenses | |
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Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to Foreign Orgs/Individuals | $0 |
Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $1,086,350 |
Compensation to disqualified persons | $0 |
Other salaries and wages | $15,048,340 |
Pension plan accruals and contributions | $482,493 |
Other employee benefits | $3,097,690 |
Payroll taxes | $1,036,115 |
Fees for services: Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Legal | $27,543 |
Fees for services: Accounting | $75,096 |
Fees for services: Lobbying | $0 |
Fees for services: Fundraising | $677,966 |
Fees for services: Investment Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Other | $13,113,189 |
Advertising and promotion | $756,410 |
Office expenses | $516,429 |
Information technology | $80,708 |
Royalties | $0 |
Occupancy | $1,362,121 |
Travel | $282,861 |
Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials | $0 |
Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $5,109 |
Interest | $0 |
Payments to affiliates | $0 |
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | $718,644 |
Insurance | $0 |
All other expenses | $0 |
Total functional expenses | $45,071,084 |
Balance Sheet | |
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Cash—non-interest-bearing | $4,039,680 |
Savings and temporary cash investments | $880,933 |
Pledges and grants receivable | $14,154,064 |
Accounts receivable, net | $1,095,256 |
Loans from Officers, Directors, or Controlling Persons | $0 |
Loans from Disqualified Persons | $0 |
Notes and loans receivable | $6,392,800 |
Inventories for sale or use | $0 |
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $603,003 |
Investments—publicly traded securities | $32,270,111 |
Investments—other securities | $4,293,363 |
Investments—program-related | $12,414 |
Intangible assets | $0 |
Other assets | $0 |
Total assets | $69,305,987 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $4,147,212 |
Grants payable | $0 |
Deferred revenue | $497,243 |
Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
Escrow or custodial account liability | $0 |
Loans and other payables to any current Officer, Director, or Controlling Person | $0 |
Secured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Unsecured mortgages and notes payable | $4,130,090 |
Other liabilities | $1,257,438 |
Total liabilities | $10,031,983 |
Net assets without donor restrictions | $0 |
Net assets with donor restrictions | $0 |
Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds | $0 |
Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund | $0 |
Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $59,274,004 |
Over the last fiscal year, we have identified 1 grants that Twin Cities Public Television Inc has recieved totaling $55.
Awarding Organization | Amount |
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Gannett Foundations Inc Mclean, VA PURPOSE: CHARITABLE PURPOSE | $55 |
Beg. Balance | $21,633,338 |
Earnings | $3,981,125 |
Net Contributions | $10,418,668 |
Other Expense | $850,000 |
Ending Balance | $35,183,131 |
Organization Name | Assets | Revenue |
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Twin Cities Public Television Inc Saint Paul, MN | $69,305,987 | $37,144,506 |
Friends Of Pbs Wisconsin Inc Madison, WI | $26,799,003 | $16,138,945 |
Iowa Pbs Foundation Johnston, IA | $30,078,074 | $16,446,332 |
Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation Duluth, MN | $3,568,384 | $4,935,556 |
Northwest Suburbs Community Access Corporation Brooklyn Park, MN | $993,020 | $4,315,205 |
West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company Granite Falls, MN | $12,072,259 | $4,076,753 |
Northern Minnesota Public Television Bemidji, MN | $6,227,659 | $2,897,865 |
St Paul Neighborhood Network St Paul, MN | $1,575,682 | $2,004,402 |
Wisconsineye Public Affairs Network Inc Madison, WI | $716,598 | $1,654,665 |
North Suburbs Access Corporation Roseville, MN | $2,007,342 | $1,090,050 |
Center For Communication And Development Minneapolis, MN | $981,569 | $1,555,334 |
Beck Foundation Of Dsaet Duluth, MN | $15,267,428 | $1,465,301 |