Public Charity

WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL

WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL, of ROCHESTER, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $19.2M in revenue, $14.9M in expenses, $31.6M in total assets. 132 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $19.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 160838086 ROCHESTER, NY Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$19.2M
Total Expenses$14.9M
Total Assets$31.6M
Grant Records132
Funding Total$19.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

WXXI IS THE ESSENTIAL, LIFE-LONG EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA RESOURCE FOR THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA. WXXI ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMMING THAT STIMULATES AND EXPANDS THOUGHT, INSPIRES THE SPIRIT, OPENS CULTURAL HORIZONS AND PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSE ISSUES.

Where $100 goes at Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council

How Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$45
Programming/production:wxxi provides a range of national programming and original productions across all its services, which includes four television stations and six radio stations
64% of program spending
$20
Broadcasting:wxxi operates four public television stations (wxxi-tv, wxxi-kids 24/7, wxxi-create, wxxi-world); manages the cable channel, city 12 (providing the city of Rochester residents with 14 hours a day…
28% of program spending
$5
City is Rochester's arts, music, and culture magazine, a monthly print and online news service, which has been published since 1972 and is available throughout the city for…
8% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Ajamu Kitwana
DIRECTOR, COPORATE SPONSOR Alison Jones
PRESIDENT AND CEO (STARTING 11/24) Chris Hastings
TRUSTEE Daan Braveman
CHAIR David Tang
TRUSTEE John Richardson

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,692,333 63 grants
Arts & Culture
$487,799 16 grants
Human & Social Services
$6,650 1 grant
Unspecified
$17,045,622 50 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $19.2M $14.9M $31.6M
2024 $13.3M $15.3M $27.9M
2023 $13.2M $15.1M $27.8M
2022 $14.5M $15.0M $26.7M
2021 $14.7M $13.6M $30.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $14.7M to $19.2M (+31%), with total assets most recently reported at $31.6M.

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