2019-05-15T10:15:59-07:00 2018-06-30 990 2017-07-01 362246703 WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC WIND 7735835000 5400 N St Louis Avenue Chicago IL 60625 Sandra Micek President & CEO 7735095408 2019-05-15 107.1.0.2 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Sandra Micek 5400 N St Louis Avenue Chicago IL 60625 55233582 0 X wttw.com X 1954 IL Window To The World Communications Inc is Chicago's premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting unique content for television, radio, and digital media. WE ARE: ...dedicated to bringing Chicago and the world together and invite our audiences to explore the knowledge and creative life of the arts, sciences, humanities, and public affairs. ...committed to diverse perspectives, accessibility, innovation, community engagement, and life-long learning - we embrace the power of public service to make lives richer and our region stronger. ...trusted by parents, grandparents, care-givers, and teachers and provide educational content that promotes the healthy development of our children. ...balanced in our objective, in-depth reporting and encourage our audiences to engage in dialogue and make informed decisions. 65 64 307 1100 2518366 -1209562 30646415 32557300 11063325 11044249 2751734 4777166 123181 -77883 44584655 48300832 0 0 0 0 20502536 19273993 617187 462117 8779557 23784056 24808269 44903779 44544379 -319124 3756453 72438305 75392500 27884273 26480939 44554032 48911561 Window To The World Communications Inc is Chicago's premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting unique content for television, radio, and digital media. WE ARE: ...dedicated to bringing Chicago and the world together and invite our audiences to explore the knowledge and creative life of the arts, sciences, humanities, and public affairs. ...committed to diverse perspectives, accessibility, innovation, community engagement, and life-long learning - we embrace the power of public service to make lives richer and our region stronger. ...trusted by parents, grandparents, care-givers, and teachers and provide educational content that promotes the healthy development of our children. ...balanced in our objective, in-depth reporting and encourage our audiences to engage in dialogue and make informed decisions. 0 0 13490337 0 5452908 WTTW produces both local and national programming content which is shown locally for the people living in and around Chicago to better connect with all that our great city has to offer. Our productions work in concert to allow connections to happen when, where and how you want. WTTW produces several original locally focused programs including Chicago Tonight. 8541258 0 1508700 WTTW Channel 11 is Chicago's premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting unique content for television, and digital media. WE ARE: ...dedicated to bringing Chicago and the world together and invite our audiences to explore the knowledge and creative life of the arts, sciences, humanities, and public affairs. ...committed to diverse perspectives, accessibility, innovation, community engagement, and life-long learning - we embrace the power of public service to make lives richer and our region stronger. ...trusted by parents, grandparents, care-givers, and teachers and provide educational content that promotes the healthy development of our children. ...balanced in our objective, in-depth reporting and encourage our audiences to engage in dialogue and make informed decisions. 3287069 0 2212327 WFMT 98.7 - Chicago's only classical radio station. It's mission is to help people living in and around Chicago to better connect with all that our great city has to offer. Radio works in concert to allow connections to happen when, where and how you want. Our content is driven by our commitment to three key things: 1) Helping you engage the rich cultural life of Chicago; 2) Helping you to discover and learn about Chicago's diverse community life; 3) Proving a safe haven for all of Chicago families for learning and fun. Our mission is shaped by our many audiences, people who helped us see how we can better serve our community and fulfill our role as of one Chicago's major cultural institutions. 2186959 0 237742 Adv/Under 2100048 0 1139325 WFMT 98.7 radio's classical networks provide classical programming (such as Beethoven and Jazz) to various non-profit institutions across the country. Institutions include, but are not limited to colleges, universities and public radio broadcast stations. 1175399 0 114628 Websites 325898 0 373571 Various other program services such as: facilities rental,internet advertising and corporate communications are encompassed here. 5788304 0 1865266 31106968 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 308 0 1 307 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 65 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL IN MI WI X X Window To The World Communications Inc 7735835000 5400 N St Louis Avenue Chicago IL 60625 Daniel J Schmidt President 40 0 X X 468120 0 21227 Sandra Micek President & CEO 40 0 X X 0 0 0 James W Mabie Chairman 2.5 0 X X 0 0 0 Cary D McMillan Secretary/Treasurer 1.25 0 X X 0 0 0 John L Brennan Vice Chairman 1.25 0 X 0 0 0 Renee Crown Vice Chairperson 1.25 0 X 0 0 0 The Honorable Fay Hartog Levin Vice Chairman 1.25 0 X 0 0 0 Chris Abbinante Board Member 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 Wendy Abrams Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Valarie Alexander Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 John Ballantine Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Baum Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 David Blowers Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Norman R Bobins Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Alan Brown Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 William Brown Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Clifford Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Richard Colburn Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Lewis Collens Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Tilden Cummings Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Deborah DeHaas Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Victoria Dinges Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Howard Dubin Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Janice Feinberg Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 James Firth Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Theresa Frankiewicz Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Marshall Front Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Marvin Goldsmith Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Gonzalez Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Graham Grady Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Richard Gray Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Hamada Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Mark Hoppe Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 J Thomas Hurvis Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Daniel Hyman Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Loretta Julian Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Kandace Lenti Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Daniel Levin Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Trish Lukasik Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Peter McNitt Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Alexandra Nichols Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Mark Pinsky Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Peter Pond Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Julian Posada Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Proctor Board Member 0.65 0.00 X 0 0 0 Katie Rooney Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Shirley Ryan Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Gordon Segal Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Silver Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Deirdre Joy Smith Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 David Synder Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Donna Van Eekeren Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Kristin Carlson Vogen Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Washlow Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 James Wooten Jr Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Yntema Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 David Zyer Board Member 0.65 0 X 0 0 0 Reese Marcusson Chief Operating Officer & CFO 40 0 X 304985 0 60673 Phil Ponce Senior Correspondent 40 0 X 239147 0 8324 Jill Britton Senior VP & Chief Development Officer 40 0 X 233043 0 34802 Anne Gleason Sr VP of Marketing & Interactive Media 40 0 X 183836 0 22131 Dan Soles Sr. V.P. Chief TV Content Officer 40 0 X 162206 0 10577 Geoffrey Baer Executive Producer 40 0 X 145489 0 25954 Kathryn Thomas SR VP of National Sales and Sponsorship 0 0 X 223023 0 15326 Steve Robinson Executive VP of Radio 0 0 X 149767 0 1306 2109616 0 200320 36 1 1 0 Spiffy Entertainment LLC 655 Deerfield Road Suite 100-237 Deerfield IL 60015 National Production Services 950000 Forest Incentives Ltd 230 Fairhill Street Willow Grove PA 19090 Premium Vendor 692291 Citizen Film 1426 Filmore Street Suite 201 San Francisco CA 94115 National Production Services 415000 Freedom Imaging Systems 780 McClure Road Aurora IL 60502 Letter Shop/Postage 359157 Precision Dialogue Direct Inc 5501 West Grand Avenue Chicago IL 60639 Letter Shop/Postage 349097 32 0 0 1202400 0 4338251 27016649 1669898 32557300 Production Underwriting 513100 5933074 5884366 48708 0 Advertising/Underwriting 513100 3488571 1602060 1886511 0 Radio Production Programming 513100 1144325 1144325 0 0 Production Services 513100 258536 42064 216472 0 Web Revenues 513100 160429 0 160429 0 59314 0 59314 0 11044249 2035256 0 0 2035256 0 0 0 0 66354 0 0 66354 16594 0 0 0 16594 0 16594 0 16594 0 9213850 7980 6464932 14988 2748918 -7008 2741910 2748918 -7008 0 74633 1202400 450719 -376086 1634 -377720 8790 2111 6679 0 6679 0 Ticket sales 515100 75600 0 75600 0 Rebates 515100 17456 17456 0 0 Program Sales & Syndication 515100 35750 0 35750 0 79770 0 17683 62087 208576 48300832 11439189 2518366 1785977 X 754248 106759 540730 106759 14625897 10711529 1542088 2372280 506501 332655 63325 110521 2315295 1560522 402063 352710 1072052 784803 123046 164203 133287 1439 131848 69800 69800 34350 34350 462117 462117 457749 317353 140396 6330480 4296806 622925 1410749 110161 100188 1000 8973 1409655 425638 559371 424646 420314 420212 102 803253 718285 84968 341845 273549 31548 36748 12253 2890 9363 524167 337185 86813 100169 2634086 2345748 134104 154234 267031 166 266865 Program Dues and Acquisitions 5594753 5594753 0 0 Co-production fees 1544502 1544502 0 0 Premiums 1248928 27373 3060 1218495 Postage 1102108 2469 2751 1096888 1769547 1488037 -328694 610204 44544379 31106968 4657854 8779557 4774853 3066194 5496358 3834412 1324218 1335021 156393 161997 613021 658271 66947586 49959359 16908766 16988227 22011795 26927261 19920957 20388785 327123 437123 904821 1595209 72438305 75392500 5006646 5430905 1976556 1302650 19300000 18800000 1601071 947384 27884273 26480939 X 22517741 25676930 16325984 16424324 5710307 6810307 44554032 48911561 72438305 75392500 X 3756453 573624 0 0 0 27452 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 36825379 41640611 39998312 37313799 39879121 195657222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36825379 41640611 39998312 37313799 39879121 195657222 195657222 1326951 1379603 1365642 1486670 2101610 7660476 0 0 0 0 0 0 36336 50736 40499 33920 106221 267712 203585410 0 0.96106 0.96716 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 This comprises List Rentals of $178,284; Tickets sold of $75,600; A/P Discounts of $13,653 and miscellaneous revenues of $175. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34350 34350 0 Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 This comprises a payment to APT Action Inc which is an advocacy consultant to Public Broadcasting. 26900 26900 X The works of art are being displayed in house and are not for public display. 0 40065413 2142500 5134845 0 1692023 411647 45239088 35508196 144316 6153072 0 1369294 370877 40065413 37198475 2017620 -1923605 0 1415350 368944 35508196 33448000 3056529 2283581 0 1222952 366683 37198475 29439809 8500 5557472 0 1218256 339525 33448000 0.79 0.15 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 22175299 11728385 10446914 0 1357523 1041494 316029 0 38984318 33693552 5290766 0 4430446 3495928 934518 16988227 Alternative Investments 20388785 F 20388785 0 Long-term Accrued vacation/sick 642783 Long-term Annuities 135213 Long-term Deferred Rent 98938 Long-term Asbestoes 70450 947384 X 48937714 573624 0 0 68177 641801 48295913 457749 -452830 4919 48300832 44580185 0 0 0 493555 493555 44086630 457749 0 457749 44544379 Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 WWCI's application of USAGAAP regarding uncertain tax positions had no effect on its financial position as management believes WWCI has no material unrecognized income tax benefits, including any potential risk of loss of its not-for-profit tax status. WWCI would account for any potential interest or penalties related to possible future liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits as income tax expense. Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 The works of art are being displayed in house. Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 The funds are intended to support WWCI's mission of providing quality children's, public affairs and cultural programming to the Chicagoland area. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 WWCI's application of USAGAAP regarding uncertain tax positions had no effect on its financial position as management believes WWCI has no material unrecognized income tax benefits, including any potential risk of loss of its not-for-profit tax status. WWCI would account for any potential interest or penalties related to possible future liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits as income tax expense. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d This comprises an unrealized gain in Beneficial Interest in Trust of $27,452 and an expense reimbursement of $40,725 that was mistakenly recorded as a revenue rebate. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b This comprises: Direct fundraising expenses from Form 990 Part VIII, Line number 8b of $450,719 and Direct Cost of Goods Sold from Form 990 Part VIII, Line 10b of $2,111. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d This comprises: Direct fundraising expenses from Form 990 Part VIII, Line number 8b of $450,719; Direct Cost of Goods Sold from Form 990 Part VIII, Line 10b of $2,111 and a revenue item that was mistakenly recorded as revenue in the financial statements of $40,725. East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Distribution & syndication 0 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Distribution & syndication 0 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 0 0 Program Services Distribution & syndication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1 Your Voice Media 111 Broadway Suite 240 Oakland CA 94607 Telemarketing 0 316524 252180 64344 MDS Communications 545 W Juanita Avenue Messa AZ 85210 Telemarketing 0 295198 183760 111438 Lester Inc 100 South Shore Drive Suite 175 East Haven CT 06512 Telemarketing 0 25190 25912 -722 636912 461852 175060 IL IN MI WI Annual Gala 1046657 981430 65227 0 0 89047 83817 31681 182065 Charity Vehicles 182611 182611 0 0 0 0 0 0 36522 4 47765 38359 9406 0 0 0 20253 0 7334 1277033 1202400 74633 0 0 89047 104070 31681 225921 450719 -376086 X X X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Daniel J Schmidt President 418120 0 50000 0 0 0 0 0 21227 0 489347 0 0 0 Reese Marcusson Chief Operating Officer & CFO 304985 0 0 0 0 0 33548 0 27125 0 365658 0 0 0 Jill Britton Senior VP & Chief Development Officer 233043 0 0 0 0 0 13983 0 20819 0 267845 0 0 0 Phil Ponce Senior Correspondent 239147 0 0 0 0 0 5381 0 2943 0 247471 0 0 0 Anne Gleason Sr VP of Marketing & Interactive Media 183836 0 0 0 0 0 11030 0 11101 0 205967 0 0 0 Dan Soles Sr. V.P. Chief TV Content Officer 162206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10577 0 172783 0 0 0 Geoffrey Baer Executive Producer 144306 0 0 0 1183 0 0 0 25954 0 171443 0 0 0 Kathryn Thomas SR VP of National Sales and Sponsorship 132446 0 0 0 90577 0 0 0 1945 0 224968 0 0 0 Steve Robinson Executive VP of Radio 0 0 0 0 149767 0 0 0 1306 0 151073 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Kathryn Thomas, SR VP of National Sales and Sponsorships received severance payments of $83,077. Steve Robinson, Senior VP of Radio received received severance payments of $149,767. Schedule J, Part I, Line 4 Kathryn Thomas, SR VP of National Sales and Sponsorships received severance payments of $83,077. Steve Robinson, Senior VP of Radio received received severance payments of $149,767. Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 The additional amounts were bonuses given ($50,000) and commissions ($8,683). Kathryn Thomas, SR VP of National Sales and Sponsorships received severance payments of $83,077. Steve Robinson, Senior VP of Radio received received severance payments of $149,767. X 2 26900 Appraisal X 271 182611 Subsequent Cash Sales X 52 1433962 Quoted Market Price X Catering 11 26425 Vendor Fair Market Value 0 1 1 Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b For vehicle non-cash contributions, the organization uses Car Inc Trust to process the donation and subsequent sale of the charitable vehicles that are donated. For publicly traded stock(s), the organization uses William Blair and Company to receive and process the stock(s) and subsequent sale of said stock(s). Two trustees are partners at William Blair and the processing charges are nominal. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Two trustees are married to each other. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is sent to trustee Robert Silver (CPA), chair of the Audit Committee who specifically reviews the return. The return is also reviewed by an outside independent accounting firm. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Board of Trustees are required annually to sign a statement which consists of their broadcast ownership and any conflicts of interest that they might have with the organization. If during the year there is a change to their statement, a Board of Trustee member is required to inform the organization of such change. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Board of Trustees Executive Committee (independent) reviews the organization's President/CEO and all officers and key employees compensation annually. The committee takes into consideration comparability data from for profit, other media and non profit organizations as well as current economic conditions both within and without the organization. This process is documented in writing. The President/CEO and other officers of the organization are not present during these deliberations. The Executive Committee approves and recommends the President's/CEO's and all other officers and key employees compensation which is incorporated into the annual budget that is approved by the Board of Trustees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are kept within a "public file" that is made available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g This includes the following: Outside Services of $3,134,767; Talent & Freelance of $954,908; Printing of $632,092; Research of $446,622; Mailing House of $393,967; Consulting of $298,295; Satellite fees of $203,515;Mailing Lists of $156,148; other of $110,166. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 This comprises an unrealized gain on a Beneficial Interest in Trust of $27,452.