Media production and publishing organizations

Name: Top 20 Media organizations
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There are 8,333media organizations in the United States. Combined, these media organizationsemploy 59,988 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $17 billion.

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Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Media production and publishing organizations	8,333	59,988	$8,983,381,283	$17,134,553,815
Film and video production organizations	2,550	7,925	$1,108,551,320	$1,622,445,488
Nonprofit presses and publishers	2,234	21,037	$1,792,567,732	$2,871,701,522
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations	1,097	9,491	$1,783,302,527	$3,884,641,880
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits	859	13,986	$2,659,015,528	$6,215,595,586

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Job trends for Media organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,001
1-10	999
11-25	404
26-100	278
101 to 1,000	103
1,000+	4

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Media organizations is driven by large organizations like Sound Recording Special Payments Fund, National Public Radio (NPR), WGBH Educational Foundation, Experimental Aircraft Association, and Sesame Workshop (SW).
The largest employers tend to be nonprofit publishers, television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, film production organizations, and media organizations.

Sizes of media organizations

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	2,232
$250k to $1M	1,012
$1M to $5M	566
$5M to $25M	203
$25M to $100M	36
$100M+	15

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, National Public Radio (NPR), and Educational Media Foundation / K-Love Radio earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Media organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 7.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Media organizations with more than $100 million account for 38.1% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be television broadcasters, nonprofit publishers, radio broadcasters, media organizations, and film production organizations.

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1-20 of 8,333

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.

Revenue

$24.6m

Assets

$40.8m

Employees

186

EIN

41-2024986

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Whyy

WHYY is the Philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and all of Delaware.

Revenue

$48.1m

Assets

$85.5m

Employees

300

EIN

23-1438083

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sesame Workshop (SW)

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and so much more. Sesame Workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.

Revenue

$186.9m

Assets

$558.5m

Employees

851

EIN

13-2655731

IRS type

501(c)(3)

WGBH Educational Foundation

Leading US public media institution in Boston, providing diverse programming and services to educate, inspire, and entertain audiences.

Revenue

$220.6m

Assets

$921.6m

Employees

1,368

EIN

04-2104397

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Democracy Now Productions

Democracy Now! produces daily listener-sponsored news, trains journalist interns, and promotes democracy through multi-media collaboration.

Revenue

$8.6m

Assets

$33.9m

Employees

EIN

01-0708733

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

ASCD: Empowering educators, promoting child success through innovative training, publications, conferences. Passionate community of life-changing educators. Located in Arlington, VA.

Revenue

$6.6m

Assets

$61.9m

Employees

160

EIN

52-6078980

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

APTS is a nonprofit membership organization ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety, and civic leadership to the American people.

Revenue

$4.4m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

52-1170071

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW) is Chicago's premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting unique content for television and digital media.

Revenue

$39.1m

Assets

$89.4m

Employees

215

EIN

36-2246703

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop

Bringing people together to broaden the understanding and celebrate the power of independent film through cinema and the Sedona experience.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$2.7m

Employees

EIN

20-0351857

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Chicago Public Media

Chicago Public Media serves the public interest by creating and delivering diverse compelling content that informs, inspires, enriches and entertains. Through a broad range of media platforms, they connect diverse audiences in their service area & beyond.

Revenue

$38.7m

Assets

$105.5m

Employees

210

EIN

36-3687394

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Film Independent

Film Independent help filmmakers make their movies, build an audience for their projects and work to diversify the film industry. They provide access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the film industry.

Revenue

$19.4m

Assets

$8.7m

Employees

EIN

95-3943485

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is made up of more than 350 local public noncommercial TV stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa.

Revenue

$544.0m

Assets

$641.2m

Employees

657

EIN

52-0899215

IRS type

501(c)(3)

KCRW Foundation

The KCRW Foundation engages audiences with eclectic music, NPR news, and cultural programming, connecting diverse perspectives and fostering community in Los Angeles.

Revenue

$22.3m

Assets

$53.2m

Employees

184

EIN

95-3750631

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Public Radio (NPR)

National Public Radio (NPR) is a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer. It is a network with a strong base of Member Stations and supporters nationwide.

Revenue

$302.5m

Assets

$388.5m

Employees

1,508

EIN

52-0907625

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Friends of WLRN

Friends of WLRN offers fund raising services for national public radio and television stations in South Florida.

Revenue

$14.0m

Assets

$40.1m

Employees

EIN

23-7365001

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning partners with clients to create world-class leadership development solutions for managers at all levels in global organizations and governments.

Revenue

$319.0m

Assets

$190.6m

Employees

566

EIN

04-3177990

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Nedcc provides high-quality conservation and preservation services to institutions without in-house facilities or specialized expertise. Located in Andover, MA.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$8.5m

Employees

EIN

23-7349330

IRS type

501(c)(3)

NJPBS

NJPBS provides quality public TV programs and resources to NJ and its tri-state neighbors, including national and local programming services.

Revenue

$10.7m

Assets

$14.4m

Employees

EIN

45-2552448

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New Hampshire Public Broadcasting (NHPBS)

New Hampshire Public Television, New Hampshire's only statewide locally owned and operated television network, engages minds, connects communities, and celebrates New Hampshire with programs that entertain, educate and enrich.

Revenue

$6.4m

Assets

$10.0m

Employees

EIN

94-3443883

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Vine Street Archive Foundation

Vine Street Archive Foundation supports the Academy Foundation and promotes the importance of motion pictures through science and technology and screenwriting.

Revenue

$10.6m

Assets

$39.8m

Employees

EIN

95-4860162

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A30: Media, Communications Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Media production and publishing organizations

Types of media organizations

Job trends for Media organizations

Sizes of media organizations

Directory of media organizations

Common Sense Media

Whyy

Sesame Workshop (SW)

WGBH Educational Foundation

Democracy Now Productions

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop

Chicago Public Media

Film Independent

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

KCRW Foundation

National Public Radio (NPR)

Friends of WLRN

Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

Northeast Document Conservation Center

NJPBS

New Hampshire Public Broadcasting (NHPBS)

Vine Street Archive Foundation

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