Public Charity

KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, of WICHITA, KS, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.5M in revenue, $4.1M in expenses, $7.0M in total assets. 76 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 480735215 WICHITA, KS Television NTEE: A32 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.5M
Total Expenses$4.1M
Total Assets$7.0M
Grant Records76
Funding Total$10.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

KPTS IS YOUR PUBLICLY OWNED MEDIA COMPANY THAT EDUCATES AND ENRICHES OUR COMMUNITY WITH QUALITY ARTS, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, ENLIGHTENING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ENTERTAIN, CHALLENGE MINDS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A LIFE OF LEARNING.OUR VISION- A GREAT COMMUNITY DESERVES A GREAT DIGITAL PUBLIC MEDIA OPERATION. . . ONE THAT IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING COMMUNITY-BUILDING TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND IS THE "VOICE AND THE PLATFORM" FOR ITS COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Kansas Public Telecommunications Service

How Kansas Public Telecommunications Service divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$57 Programs the work itself
$21 Management running the organization
$22 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $57 for programs

$38
Contentkpts is your publicly-owned television station that educates, engages, entertains, and enriches kansans.In addition to quality programming from pbs, kpts also broadcasts programming from other sources including the…
67% of program spending
$19
Technologya significant portion of kpts' mission is derived through the use of technology
33% 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

TRUSTEE Adriana Holguin
TRUSTEE Annette Lawless
TRUSTEE Jay Prater
TRUSTEE Jennifer Friend
CHAIR Jeremy Koehler
SECRETARY Jessica Kirkpatric

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$643,726 33 grants
Arts & Culture
$163,550 17 grants
Sports & Recreation
$5,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$9,210,529 24 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.5M $4.1M $7.0M
2024 $4.0M $4.0M $7.8M
2023 $3.6M $3.8M $7.8M
2022 $5.4M $4.0M $8.3M
2021 $4.3M $2.9M $5.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.3M to $4.5M (+4%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.0M.

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