Media production and publishing organizations

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There are 8,403media organizations in the United States. Combined, these media organizationsemploy 60,688 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	8,403	60,688	$9,129,933,592	$17,369,850,012
Film and video production organizations	2,568	8,090	$1,156,338,747	$1,681,431,412
Nonprofit presses and publishers	2,255	21,050	$1,832,266,921	$2,921,365,892
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations	1,098	10,908	$1,993,391,460	$4,797,768,550
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits	861	12,625	$2,435,781,176	$5,350,304,431

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Job trends for Media organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,021
1-10	998
11-25	414
26-100	274
101 to 1,000	105
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	2,253
$250k to $1M	980
$1M to $5M	598
$5M to $25M	213
$25M to $100M	35
$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 7.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Media organizations with more than $100 million account for 37.4% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, nonprofit publishers, media organizations, and film production organizations.

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1-20 of 8,403

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)

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

$34.0m

Assets

$44.3m

Employees

176

EIN

41-2024986

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)

Democracy Now Productions

Democracy Now Productions delivers independent news, amplifies marginalized voices, and trains journalists, fostering democracy through listener-supported public media.

Revenue

$10.9m

Assets

$36.5m

Employees

EIN

01-0708733

IRS type

501(c)(3)

WGBH Educational Foundation

The WGBH Educational Foundation creates inspiring media content, engages audiences through diverse programs, and supports equitable learning for children and youth.

Revenue

$220.6m

Assets

$921.6m

Employees

1,368

EIN

04-2104397

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

$4.6m

Assets

$4.9m

Employees

EIN

52-1170071

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Robin Merger Corporation

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

Revenue

$49.4m

Assets

$69.9m

Employees

251

EIN

52-6078980

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)

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)

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

$33.8m

Assets

$115.9m

Employees

200

EIN

36-3687394

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

The National Association of Theatre Owners is the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing over 32,000 movie screens in all 50 states, and additional cinemas in 82 countries worldwide.

Revenue

$10.0m

Assets

$10.9m

Employees

EIN

13-1580907

IRS type

501(c)(6)

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)

Sound Recording Special Payments Fund

Collects and distributes residual payments to musicians for their craftsmanship in creating sound recordings. Committed to integrity, proficiency, and exceptional service.

Revenue

$14.2m

Assets

$21.7m

Employees

10.6k

EIN

13-6180704

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)

Founded in 1992, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is Manhattan's free, public access cable network. We operate two media production and education facilities in Manhattan and run five cablecast channels reaching over 600,000 cable subscribers.

Revenue

$21.1m

Assets

$56.6m

Employees

EIN

13-3625426

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Radio Research Consortium

To advance the understanding & utilization of audience Research by non-commercial Radio stations; to train & educate station personnel on the evaluation, interpretation, & utilization of Radio Research data; and to act as counselors, consultants, and eval....

Revenue

$7.5m

Assets

$6.9m

Employees

EIN

52-1218752

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Televison Music License Committee (TVMLC)

To represent the mutual interests of United States local, full power television stations to procure music performance copyright licenses from the performing rights organizations representing television composers.

Revenue

$5.3m

Assets

$27.5m

Employees

EIN

13-3212090

IRS type

501(c)(6)

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)

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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

Whyy

Common Sense Media

Sesame Workshop (SW)

Democracy Now Productions

WGBH Educational Foundation

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

Robin Merger Corporation

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop

Film Independent

Chicago Public Media

National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

KCRW Foundation

National Public Radio (NPR)

Sound Recording Special Payments Fund

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)

Radio Research Consortium

Televison Music License Committee (TVMLC)

Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

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