2022-01-18T09:36:18-06:00 2021-06-30 BDO USA LLP 150 Boush Street Suite 1100 Norfolk VA 23510 990 2020-07-01 540843118 Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc % BERTEL SCHMIDT HAMP 7578899400 5200 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk VA 235081507 Bertel Schmidt PRESIDENT & CEO 7578899400 2022-01-13 true Bertel Schmidt 999009999 Marc Berger P01871563 7576407190 3 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z WHRO Public Media Bertel Schmidt 5200 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk VA 235081507 28601014 false X WWW.WHRO.ORG X 1961 VA Improve the civic,educational & cultural life of the citizens of Eastern VA through the production and distrib. of important and impactful local, national, and educational content. 31 30 128 500 26957 0 13327979 12624291 4630257 7078974 298511 515672 2283141 1977589 20539888 22196526 0 0 0 0 7679120 7706361 0 0 2178862 7158368 9406205 14837488 17112566 5702400 5083960 32477430 34089431 9054421 3397837 23423009 30691594 X WHRO Public Media is a non-profit public media enterprise known for its public service mission. WHRO Public Media is the only public broadcasting station in the United States owned by a collaboration of 21 local public school districts. Through four TV stations WHRO TV-15, WHRO Create, WHRO World, WHRO KIDS and our expansion into six radio channels, including WHRO 90.3 FM WHRV 89.5, WFOS 88.7, website, and educational content delivered online to more than 286,000 students and 25,000 teachers, WHRO Public Media enriches the lives of the people of Eastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina every day. Since its founding in 1961, the ownership has established educational programming and services as WHRO's core mission. As a leader in utilizing emerging technologies, today WHRO Education delivers most of its educational content online. WHRO Education's leading edge instructional resources include Desire2Learn, eMediaVA, and on-demand digital media. WHRO Education also offers Professio false false 6851103 1882951 BROADCAST AND DIGITAL CONTENT- WHRO Public Media is the the local public television broadcaster in eastern Virginia, providing quality television programming on four channels 24 hours a day. From children's shows like Sesame Street, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Ready, Jet, Go! To PBS showcase programs like NOVA, Masterpiece, PBS Newshour, American Experience and Frontline, WHRO -TV 15 provides quality programming for all ages. Local broadcasts and digital content include, Curate, Cinema 15, Music & Might, local Congressional and Senatorial Debates and a documentaries such as #YoungSingersProject and Comedy Bootcamp. WHRO broadcasts educational television that delights children while building reading, science, technology and math skills, programs for life-long learning, public affairs analysis and documentaries, performance programming celebrating cultural diversity and the country, acclaimed history, science and nature programming, and the best in Independent Films. WHRV 89.5 FM radio is the place to hear NPR programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered, American Public Media's Marketplace, as well as alternative, jazz and folk music. Call in shows HearSay with Cathy Lewis and Another View hosted by Barbara Hamm Lee provide a forum to the open exchange of ideas and opinions. Podcasts/Broadcasts include Mind Over Manners, Out the Box Album of the Week, This Week in Mal's World, Opening Night with Rebecca Evans, Birdnotes, Strome Business Minute, Educationally Speaking, The Emerging Leaders Smart Pill, Writer's Block and Arts Conversations. WHRO 90.3 FM radio provides 24-hour classical music and fine arts programming and is an important connection between the many fine performing arts organizations in the area and the community through partnerships to record and broadcast concerts, promote events, and highlight the rich cultural offerings of our region including broadcasts of performances by visiting artists with the Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Symphony and Virginia Opera. 1827454 90000 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - Serving the needs of the community, providing internet access to schools and students, and telecommunications for cell phone companies 24/7, 365 days. Provides technology services to the internal staff and platforms for streaming services. Provides maintenance, repair and engineering services for television and radio studios and our transmitters located throughout eastern Virginia. 4694255 5106023 EDUCATION - HRETA, Inc., owned by 21 Virginia School Divisions, delivers early learning, teacher training, and online content creation and distribution services, including 24 online high school education courses correlated to the Virginia Standards of Learning, and a digital asset library of over 163,000 rich media elements provided to all 100,000 registered public, private and home school teachers and students, and all school divisions in the state. We also provide online high school and college dual credit Advanced Placement courses, offered through Virtual Virginia, a service of the Virginia Department of Education. 13372812 true true false true false false false false false true true false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 100 0 true 128 true true true false false false false true true false false false false false false X 31 30 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false VA X X X BERTEL SCHMIDT 7578899400 5200 HAMPTON BOULEVARD NORFOLK VA 23508 X Bertel Schmidt President/CEO 40.0 0.0 X X 264861 0 33060 Thomas Burton CDO 40.0 0.0 X 144223 0 6184 Diane Rogic Dir Corp Support 40.0 0.0 X 126297 0 16339 Heather Mazzoni VP Content 40.0 0.0 X 122551 0 12476 Jeffrey Smith Dir Bus Intelligence 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ANNUAL DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ENDOWMENT POOL USED TO FUND OPERATIONS EQUAL FOUR PERCENT OF A TRAILING TWELVE-QUARTER MOVING AVERAGE OF THE ENDOWMENT POOL FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ON DECEMBER 31 OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. PART X, LINE 2: WHRO is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal and state income taxes. Exempt organizations are subject to tax on income from regularly conducted trade or business activities that are not substantially related to WHRO's exempt purpose. WHRO has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1,447,000 and $1,287,000 related to its unrelated business income at June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Approximately $916,000 of these loss carryforwards will begin to expire in tax year 2028 and $531,000 are unlimited. Deferred tax assets were $372,518 and $331,288 at June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Management has recorded a valuation allowance of $372,518 and $331,288 at June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in the valuation allowance was $41,230 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The decrease in the valuation allowance was $420,574 for the year ended June 30, 2020. Returns are generally subject to examinations for three years from the date filed. This period of limitations has expired for tax years prior to 2017. Management continually evaluates tax positions reflected in WHRO's tax filings and does not believe that any material uncertain tax positions exist. PART XI LINE 4B THE NET ($1,038,146) REPORTED ON PART XI LINE 2D CONSISTS OF THE SUM OF (i) FACILITY RENTAL EXPENSES ($784,913); (ii) LOSSES FROM SALES AND DISPOSITIONS OF REAL AND DEPRECIABLE ASSETS ($16,777); AND (iii) THE CHANGE IN VALUE OF A SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS ($236,456). PART XI LINE 2D AND PART XII LINE 2D THE NET $801,690 REPORTED ON PART XII LINE 2D CONSISTS OF THE SUM OF (I) FACILITY RENTAL EXPENSES $784,913 AND (II) LOSSES FROM SALES AND DISPOSITIONS OF REAL PROPERTY AND DEPRECIABLE ASSETS $16,777. X true true X false false false false false false false false false Bertel Schmidt President/CEO 264861 0 0 0 0 0 11115 0 21945 0 297921 0 0 0 Thomas Burton CDO 144223 0 0 0 0 0 6184 0 0 0 150407 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11: THE RETURN IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE RETURN IS THEN REVIEWED BY WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA'S CFO AND IT IS ALSO REVIEWED BY KEY MEMBERS OF WHRO'S LEADERSHIP. ANY UPDATES ARE SENT BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE FINAL VERSION IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: ONCE A YEAR, DURING THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE POLL THE BOARD AND HAVE THEM FILL OUT AND SIGN A WRITTEN STATEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. THIS IS REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A: WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE UNDER SECTION 4958 AND REPRESENTS THE PART VI, FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR SERVICES RENDERED. WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA ROUTINELY UTILIZES BENCHMARK STUDIES AND INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF MARKET COMPENSATION DATA FROM BOTH NONPROFIT AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, PREPARED BY COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS, AT THE TIME OF EMPLOYEE HIRING OR WHEN SPECIAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE AWARDED. WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA SETS COMPENSATION WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE GOING MARKET RATE. NO INDIVIDUAL HAVING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPENSATION REVIEW OR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. WHRO PUBLIC MEDIA MAINTAINS ALL RECORDS REGARDING COMPENSATION DECISIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: WE PUT THE ANNUAL REPORT (CONTAINING FINANCIALS) ON OUR WEBSITE. OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING IS IN OUR PUBLIC FILE AND IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9, CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES INCLUDES A CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT $236,456. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS MEET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE EACH YEAR BEFORE AND AFTER THE AUDIT. THE AUDIT IS REVIEWED WITH THE AUDITORS AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BEFORE BEING ACCEPTED.