Public Charity

IDEASTREAM

Based in CLEVELAND, OH, IDEASTREAM operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $28.0M in revenue, $26.5M in expenses, $93.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 176 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $37.6M.

EIN: 341943865 CLEVELAND, OH Youth Development Programs NTEE: O50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$28.0M
Total Expenses$26.5M
Total Assets$93.5M
Grant Records176
Funding Total$37.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

IDEASTREAM IS THE HOME TO NORTHEAST OHIO'S MEMBER-SUPPORTED PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICES WVIZ, WKSU, WCLV, AND JAZZNEO. IN ADDITION TO HIGHLY TRUSTED PBS AND NPR PROGRAMMING, IDEASTREAM IS THE COMMUNITY'S SOURCE FOR AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM, INSPIRING STORIES, AND QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT.

Where $100 goes at Ideastream

How Ideastream divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$19 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $68 for programs

$68
Ideastream public media ("Ideastream") is an ohio nonprofit corporation
All 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

TRUSTEE Alayne L Reitman
TRUSTEE Belva Denmark Tibbs
SECRETARY Bruce Loessin
SR.DIR.OF TECHNOLOGY Charles A Poulton
TRUSTEE Christopher Chris Donovan
GEN.MGR.,OHIO PUBLIC MEDIA SVCS. Daniel D Shellenbarger

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$7,767,228 80 grants
Human & Social Services
$971,877 16 grants
Health & Medicine
$955,747 3 grants
Arts & Culture
$725,083 8 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$40,850 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $28.0M $26.5M $93.5M
2024 $59.9M $27.0M $86.3M
2023 $25.0M $26.1M $47.1M
2022 $24.6M $25.7M $41.4M
2021 $23.8M $21.8M $47.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $23.8M to $28.0M (+18%), with total assets most recently reported at $93.5M.

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