Media production and publishing organizations

Name: Top 20 Media organizations
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There are 8,906 media organizations in the United States. Combined, these media organizations employ 59,742 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	8,906	59,742	$9,139,390,181	$16,622,873,968
Film and video production organizations	2,794	8,352	$1,248,523,315	$1,718,495,730
Nonprofit presses and publishers	2,367	21,715	$1,752,132,803	$2,962,909,462
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations	1,152	10,146	$1,807,152,391	$3,870,351,127
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits	851	11,886	$2,442,772,475	$5,375,323,428

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Job trends for Media organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,066
1-10	1,069
11-25	406
26-100	282
101 to 1,000	96
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 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Public Broadcasting Corporation.
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	2,254
$250k to $1M	1,050
$1M to $5M	604
$5M to $25M	222
$25M to $100M	39
$100M+	14

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, and WGBH Educational Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Media organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 8.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Media organizations with more than $100 million account for 35.6% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be television broadcasters, media organizations, radio broadcasters, nonprofit publishers, and film production organizations.

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1-20 of 8,906

Whyy

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

Revenue

$48.5m

Assets

$95.4m

Employees

312

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

$38.0m

Assets

$37.4m

Employees

159

EIN

41-2024986

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

$225.0m

Assets

$928.3m

Employees

1,379

EIN

04-2104397

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

$10.4m

Assets

$38.1m

Employees

EIN

01-0708733

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

$170.3m

Assets

$578.0m

Employees

777

EIN

13-2655731

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

$5.0m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

52-1170071

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Iste Ascd Isteascd Edsurge

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

Revenue

$46.0m

Assets

$68.0m

Employees

211

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

$40.1m

Assets

$92.9m

Employees

212

EIN

36-2246703

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop

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

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$2.6m

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

$35.6m

Assets

$123.1m

Employees

180

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

$21.1m

Assets

$8.3m

Employees

EIN

95-3943485

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Cinema United (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

$10.7m

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

$558.2m

Assets

$654.6m

Employees

655

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

$54.4m

Employees

178

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

$325.2m

Assets

$407.6m

Employees

1,383

EIN

52-0907625

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center restores the local cinema and provides diverse films and educational programs for Sag Harbor and Eastern Long Island.

Revenue

$5.0m

Assets

$19.3m

Employees

EIN

61-1850154

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Women Make Movies

Non-profit facilitating independent film development, promotion, distribution by/about women. Provides production assistance and education. Based in New York, NY.

Revenue

$12.2m

Assets

$5.6m

Employees

EIN

13-2740460

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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

$6.5m

Assets

$52.3m

Employees

EIN

13-3625426

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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

$5.1m

Assets

$31.7m

Employees

EIN

13-3212090

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Friends of WLRN

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

Revenue

$13.5m

Assets

$43.8m

Employees

EIN

23-7365001

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

WGBH Educational Foundation

Democracy Now Productions

Sesame Workshop (SW)

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

Iste Ascd Isteascd Edsurge

Window To the World Communications (WTTW)

Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop

Chicago Public Media

Film Independent

Cinema United (NATO)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

KCRW Foundation

National Public Radio (NPR)

Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center

Women Make Movies

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)

Televison Music License Committee (TVMLC)

Friends of WLRN

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