Public Charity

FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC

FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.6M revenue, $5.8M expenses, $8.9M total assets. 69 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $9.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 581702220 NEW ORLEANS, LA Radio NTEE: A34 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.6M
Total Expenses$5.8M
Total Assets$8.9M
Grant Records69
Funding Total$9.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FRIENDS OF WWOZ, INC. OPERATES A NONCOMMERICAL, EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATION WHICH WAS LICENSED TO OPERATE BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 29, 1981. THE STATION'S CALL LETTERS ARE WWOZ-FM THE MISSION OF THE STATION IS TO CELEBRATE [CONT'D ON SCH O] THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ITS SURROUNDING REGIONS THROUGH MUSIC AND INFORMATION. THE STATION IS FUNDED MAINLY BY FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS, SUPPORT FROM THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND HERITAGE FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING AND UNDERWRITING CONTRIBUTIONS. THE BROADCAST HOURS OF THE RADIO STATION WERE 8,754 FOR 2025.

Where $100 goes at Friends of Wwoz Inc

How Friends of Wwoz Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$58 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$22 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $58 for programs

$58
Friends of Wwoz, inc
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.

Sample Grants Received

$22,300
JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
2025
ARTS- MUSIC/DANCE/VISUAL
$14,250
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC
2024
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION IN BROADCASTING AND STREAMING THE MUSIC, CONCERTS, AND FESTIVALS OF LOUISIANA AROUND THE WORLD.
$500,000
$410,445
$24,903

Showing up to 5 of 69 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CEO Beth Utterback
SECRETARY Brittany Major
BOARD MEMBER Bruce Barnes
BOARD MEMBER Bruce Wainer
CFO Chauncey Royster
BOARD MEMBER Christopher Lebato

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,200,203 30 grants
Arts & Culture
$2,234,686 24 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$20,750 1 grant
Unspecified
$3,069,381 13 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.6M $5.8M $8.9M
2024 $7.4M $6.6M $7.8M
2023 $6.0M $5.1M $5.5M
2022 $5.6M $4.7M $4.5M
2021 $4.5M $2.8M $5.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.5M to $6.6M (+46%), with total assets most recently reported at $8.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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