2026-05-29T09:14:13-05:00 2025-06-30 390859910 BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP 1570 FRUITVILLE PIKE SUITE 400 LANCASTER PA 17601 990 2024-07-01 621631652 NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO NASH 6157602903 630 MAINSTREAM DRIVE NASHVILLE TN 372281204 CARL PEDERSEN CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER/TREASURER 6157602903 2026-05-28 1 0 X KERRI N BOGDA P00760402 7177404863 2026-05-28 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z HOLLY KERNAN 630 MAINSTREAM DRIVE NASHVILLE TN 372281204 8480761 0 X WWW.NASHVILLEPUBLICRADIO.ORG X 1962 TN NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-COMMERCIAL PUBLIC MEDIA SERVICE. NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO'S MISSION IS TO CREATE AND DELIVER CONTENT ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR WORLD. 19 18 53 18 16022 12599 7443897 6930552 0 62099 442506 663315 150454 0 8036857 7655966 0 0 0 0 4663435 4341330 0 812715 2209057 3474280 2864863 8137715 8018908 -100858 -362942 21020924 20939273 1248530 1140489 19772394 19798784 NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO'S MISSION IS TO BE THE MOST TRUSTED & INDEPENDENT NASHVILLE VOICE, CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH NON-PARTISAN JOURNALISM, COMPELLING STORYTELLING, CIVIL CONVERSATION AND MUSIC DISCOVERY. 0 0 4856109 62099 OPERATIONS OF NON-COMMERICAL BROADCASTING STATIONS PRESENTING EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND PUBLIC INTEREST PROGRAMMING IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA. ONLINE STREAMING, WEB CONTENT AND LOCALLY PRODUCED PODCASTS ARE AVAILABLE TO BROADEN THE SCOPE AND DEPTH OF OUR SERVICES. 4856109 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 0 53 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 TN X X X CARL PEDERSEN 6157602903 630 MAINSTREAM DRIVE NASHVILLE TN 372281204 STEVE SWENSON PRESIDENT & CEO (END 7/25) 40.00 X X 235749 0 29310 NEIL THORNE BOARD CHAIR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 CLAIRE GULMI FINANCE BOARD CHAIR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 ANN SHAYNE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 BYRON TRAUGER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER BARKLEY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CLAUDIO MOSSE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 ERIC HOLT DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEFF FREUDE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JIM FLAUTT DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHARI MATTHEWS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 KATY VARNEY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MELODY FOWLER-GREEN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SALLY WILLIAMS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SCOTT CLAYTON DIRECTOR (END 11/13/24) 0.50 X 0 0 0 SUSAN LANIGAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 TRACEY ROYAL DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 TIM SCHOETTLE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 TODD FRYLING DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 AMY SULLIVAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 ASHLEE DAVIS DIRECTOR (END 11/15/24) 0.50 X 0 0 0 CAROLINE WILLIAMS DIRECTOR (END 11/15/24) 0.50 X 0 0 0 FAHAD TAHIR DIRECTOR (END 11/15/24) 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL ROBERTSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 40.00 X 123965 0 12316 ROB SANCHEZ COO 40.00 X 153552 0 18635 CARL PEDERSEN CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER/TREASURER 40.00 X 129765 0 8992 KENDA LOVECCHIO VP OF DEVELOPMENT 40.00 X 166423 0 31019 MACK S LINEBAUGH III VP OF AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT 40.00 X 108686 0 20244 918140 0 120516 6 0 1 0 MARKET ENGINUITY 5227 NORTH 7TH STREET STE 18012 PHOENIX AZ 85014 FUNDRAISING / UNDERWRITING 747597 1 3532085 74784 3323683 181017 6930552 OTHER PROGRAMMING EVENTS 900099 62099 62099 62099 282105 16022 266083 1171005 35000 824795 0 346210 35000 381210 381210 7655966 62099 16022 647293 803075 107317 498267 197491 2895945 2301029 594916 81079 59463 1629 19987 297088 242235 6719 48134 264143 177303 29377 57463 34108 34108 35672 35672 812715 812715 55456 55456 316229 232012 70560 13657 250833 51702 14488 184643 220407 129139 24655 66613 120314 80588 12017 27709 36633 21244 9482 5907 760364 760364 228205 145732 22909 59564 71623 52505 4328 14790 RECRUITMENT AND TRAININ 155904 19819 120401 15684 OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAM 155483 155483 TOWER EXPENSES 93707 93707 ALL OTHER PROGRAMMING 91571 91571 238354 134896 13674 89784 8018908 4856109 953742 2209057 1572609 1523152 104754 5600 1024079 841460 82057 72211 5665478 3403381 2383011 2262097 7560360 8266289 2351456 2120073 5942598 5848391 21020924 20939273 554722 518284 148215 161716 545593 460489 1248530 1140489 X 9889992 9447188 9882402 10351596 19772394 19798784 21020924 20939273 -362942 389332 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 6682645 7154831 6117075 7443897 6930552 34329000 6682645 7154831 6117075 7443897 6930552 34329000 34329000 363121 183975 224930 257655 282105 1311786 10362 10362 35651148 545856 0.96290 0.96230 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9628215 28075 828739 465000 10020029 9181641 57000 854574 465000 9628215 9170588 11500 449553 450000 9181641 9764106 25000 -193518 425000 9170588 8330878 44000 1818677 424000 9764106 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0 0 608384 608384 3166766 1883188 1283578 1847263 1483663 363600 43065 36530 6535 2262097 PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS 1868221 F BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN PERPETUAL TRUSTS 251852 F 2120073 FCC LICENSES 5495125 OPERATING LEASES, RIGHT OF USE ASSETS 353266 5848391 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES 460489 460489 X 7998197 389332 8355 -55456 342231 7655966 0 7655966 7971807 8355 8355 7963452 55456 55456 8018908 PART V, LINE 4: THE ORGANIZATION MAY SPEND ENDOWMENT CORPUS FOR ITS OPERATIONS OR ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY 85% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S VOTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT PERFORMS AN EVALUATION OF ALL INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING THE ORGANIZATION'S INCOME TAX RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INCOME TAX POSITIONS MEET A "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" STANDARD OF BEING SUSTAINED UNDER EXAMINATION BY THE APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT HAS PERFORMED ITS EVALUATION OF ALL INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ON ALL OPEN INCOME TAX RETURNS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO POSITIONS TAKEN THAT DO NOT MEET THE "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" STANDARD. ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO PROVISIONS FOR INCOME TAXES, PENALTIES OR INTEREST RECEIVABLE OR PAYABLE RELATING TO UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: INVESTMENT EXPENSES -55,456. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: INVESTMENT EXPENSES 55,456. X X X X X X X 1 MARKET ENGINUITY 3131 EAST CLARENDON AVENUE SUITE 1 PHOENIX AZ 85016 UNDERWRITING 0 2344802 812715 1532087 2344802 812715 1532087 TN X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 STEVE SWENSON PRESIDENT & CEO (END 7/25) 235749 0 0 0 0 0 8065 0 21245 0 265059 0 0 0 KENDA LOVECCHIO VP OF DEVELOPMENT 166423 0 0 0 0 0 11203 0 19816 0 197442 0 0 0 ROB SANCHEZ COO 153552 0 0 0 0 0 10176 0 8459 0 172187 0 0 0 X 151 169720 AUCTION X 2 11297 NYSE 1 0 1 1 PART I, COLUMN (B): COLUMN B REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF DONATED ITEMS FOR LINE 6 AND THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS FOR LINE 9. PART I, LINE 32B: CHARITABLE ADULT RIDES AND SERVICES, INC. (C.A.R.S.) PERFORMS COMPREHENSIVE VEHICLE DONATION SERVICES FOR THE ORGANIZATION. C.A.R.S. IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT COPY OF THE ENTIRE FORM 990 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ENFORCING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BEGINS WITH THE ORIENTATION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE BRIEFED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND WHO ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A STATEMENT CONFIRMING THAT THEY WILL ABIDE BY THE POLICY. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE POLICY IS SHARED BY THE STAFF AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS OR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REFERRED TO THE CEO AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS, MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES ARE GIVEN DETAILED FINANCIAL INFORMATION, GIVING BOARD MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 ALL COMPENSATION DECISIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE CEO, TOP MANAGEMENT AND KEY EMPLOYEES, ARE GUIDED BY PERIODIC COMPENSATION REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY A REPUTABLE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, THESE REVIEWS USE SALARY DATA DERIVED FROM THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING INDUSTRY AND FROM NON-PROFIT SALARY REFERENCES SOURCES, FURTHER ADJUSTED FOR OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND KEYED TO INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING INDEXES. THE CEO'S SALARY IS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING A PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CEO. ANY SALARY INCREASES ARE BASED ON THE CEO'S RECORD OF PERFORMANCE AND DEMONSTRATED ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOALS FOR THE ORGANIZATION APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S DECISION FOR CEO COMPENSATION IS SHARED WITH AND RATIFIED BY THE FULL BOARD, GIVING EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. TOP MANAGEMENT SALARIES ARE SET ANNUALLY BY THE CEO BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS IN MEETING DEPARTMENTAL GOALS. THE CEO SHARES AND DISCUSSES TOP MANAGEMENT SALARIES WITH THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OF NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO BELIEVE THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD OPERATE IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE STATION WEB SITE, NASHVILLEPUBLICRADIO.ORG, AND ARE FOUND IN THE STATION'S PUBLIC FILE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION ON THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS WEBSITE, FCC.ORG. NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO'S BOARD MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, EXCEPT ON RARE OCCASIONS WHEN THE BOARD HAS TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS OR PERSONNEL MATTERS.