DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CORPORATION (EIN 41-0877607)
Tax period: 2011-10-01 to 2012-09-30
Filed: 2012-11-28
IRS object ID: 201233339349300303
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-28T09:09:44-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ESTERBROOKS SCOTT SIGNORELLI ETAL LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	302 W SUPERIOR ST STE200	AddressLine1
City	DULUTH	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55802	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	410877607	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	TELEVISION CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	DULU	NameControl
Phone	2187882831	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	632 NIAGARA COURT	AddressLine1
City	DULUTH	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55811	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ALLEN D HARMON	Name
Title	GENERAL MANAGER	Title
Phone	2187882831	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-27	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MICHAEL A PEDERSON	Name
Phone	2187276846	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-21	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ALLEN D HARMON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	632 NIAGARA COURT	AddressLine1
City	DULUTH	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55811	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2975898	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.WDSE.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1957	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MN	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	22	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	22	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	46	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	470	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	37727	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	36727	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2583530	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2870679	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	12793	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	10395	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1426	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1318	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	65116	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	84483	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	2662865	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2966875	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1536311	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	1533821	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	279473	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	1724006	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1700962	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	3260317	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	3234783	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-597452	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-267908	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	4790024	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	4499308	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	174766	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	151958	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	4615258	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4347350	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2589610	Expense
Revenue	10395	Revenue
Description	NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS NUMBER APPROXIMATELY 6,100. INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED TO AREA SCHOOLS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	2589610	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	5	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	46	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	true	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	22	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	22	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ALLEN D HARMON	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2187248567	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	632 NIAGARA COURT	AddressLine1
City	DULUTH	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55811	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (24 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
SHANE BAUER
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
KATHLEEN CLARK
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
SHANDA DUDY
VICE CHAIR	0.50	X	0	0	0	X
ROBERT FLAGLER
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
ROBERT FRYBERGER
SECRETARY/TR	0.50	X	0	0	0	X
BREANN GRABER
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
REID HAGLIN
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
ELAINE HANSEN
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
DONALD HILLIGOSS
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
ELIZABETH HOLT
CHAIR	0.50	X	0	0	0	X
SHERYL JENSEN
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
MARLYS JOHANSEN
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
ROBERT KESTI
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
JOSEPH LEEK
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
RAIJA MACHELEDT
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
INGE MASKUN
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
INA MYLES
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
SARAH PERRY-SPEARS
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
BETH PETERSON
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
DIANE RAUSCHENFELS
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
GREGG RUHL
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
DENNIS SOUKUP
DIRECTOR	0.50	X	0	0	0
ALLEN D HARMON
GENERAL MANA	40.00		114705	0	18627	X
YVONNE RINGSTAD
ACCOUNTING M	40.00		49289	0	8442	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	163994	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	27069	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	2142	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	150000	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	733802	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1984735	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	29409	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	2870679	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION, DUBBING	515100	9989	9989
PROGRAM PRODUCTION	515100	406	406

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	10395	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	441	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$441	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	46756	Real
Personal	46750	Personal

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Personal	9023	Personal

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	46756	Real
Personal	37727	Personal

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	84483	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	37727	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$46,756	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	877	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	877	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	877	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$877	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2966875	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10395	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	37727	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$48,074	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	191063	Total
Management And General	191063	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1025562	Total
Program Services	892139	ProgramServices
Management And General	45997	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	87426	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17523	Total
Program Services	15583	ProgramServices
Management And General	199	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1741	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	211815	Total
Program Services	179357	ProgramServices
Management And General	5429	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	27029	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	87858	Total
Program Services	66218	ProgramServices
Management And General	15489	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6151	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9745	Total
Management And General	9745	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7400	Total
Management And General	7400	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6540	Total
Program Services	6540	ProgramServices

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	51508	Total
Program Services	51083	ProgramServices
Fundraising	425	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93058	Total
Program Services	74366	ProgramServices
Management And General	12947	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5745	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	133493	Total
Program Services	121026	ProgramServices
Management And General	8802	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3665	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9034	Total
Program Services	8519	ProgramServices
Management And General	476	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	39	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	540342	Total
Program Services	529131	ProgramServices
Management And General	7901	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3310	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	71885	Total
Program Services	53911	ProgramServices
Management And General	12691	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5283	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
PROGRAM ACQUISITION	483356	483356
FUND-RAISING	107862		107862
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	87706	81432	1844	4430
PROGRAM PRODUCTION	55810	26949	28861

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43223	Total
Management And General	43131	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	92	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3234783	Total
Program Services	2589610	ProgramServices
Management And General	365700	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	279473	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30994	BOY
EOY	166790	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30969	BOY
EOY	238359	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	257263	BOY
EOY	112151	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1674	BOY
EOY	7549	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5600	BOY
EOY	11275	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6963	BOY
EOY	7256	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	10470183	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	6582467	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4381845	BOY
EOY	3887716	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	74716	BOY
EOY	68212	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4790024	BOY
EOY	4499308	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	174766	BOY
EOY	151958	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	174766	BOY
EOY	151958	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4413016	BOY
EOY	4171716	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	202242	BOY
EOY	175634	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4615258	BOY
EOY	4347350	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4790024	BOY
EOY	4499308	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-267908	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3338847	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3044985	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2342615	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2583530	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2870679	CurrentTaxYear
Total	14180656	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3338847	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3044985	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2342615	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2583530	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2870679	CurrentTaxYear
Total	14180656	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	14180656	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	94955	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	347341	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	144067	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	30029	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	47197	CurrentTaxYear
Total	663589	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	35450	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	34715	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	36727	CurrentTaxYear
Total	106892	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	14951137	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	10395	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.94850	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.95060	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	true	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Grants Other Organizations	$17,820	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmount
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	17820	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	A PORTION OF THE DUES PAID TO THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS (APTS) IS ALLOCATED TO APTS ACTION, INC. WHICH IS A SECTION 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS TO FEDERAL POLICY-MAKERS. PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE TO FRIENDS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION FOR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS TO MINNESOTA POLICY-MAKERS.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	10270345	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1795155	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	150000	GrantsOrScholarships
Administrative Expenses	19535	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	11895965	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	10679374	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-183775	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	205257	GrantsOrScholarships
Administrative Expenses	19997	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	10270345	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	9727689	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	54300	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1029903	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	113891	GrantsOrScholarships
Administrative Expenses	18627	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	10679374	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	10118372	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	15617	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	81355	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	470746	GrantsOrScholarships
Administrative Expenses	16909	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	9727689	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	1.00000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	true	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	true	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	13863	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	13863	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1434251	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	829920	Depreciation
Book Value	604331	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	9022069	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	5752547	Depreciation
Book Value	3269522	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	3887716	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	ReturnReference
Explanation	WDSE-TV FOLLOWS THE RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS REQUIRED BY GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. WDSE-TV BELIEVES THAT IS HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WDSE-TV IS GENERALLY NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE 2009.	Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Description	STUDIO EQUIP.	Description
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	29409	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	MARKET VALUE OF EQUIPMENT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AT ITS REGULAR MEETING PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS SIGNED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS AND RESOLVES ISSUES ARISING FROM ANY IDENTIFIED CONFLICTS.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USING COMPARABILITY DATA FROM THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THE MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS, AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE GENERAL MANAGER SECURES COMPARATIVE SALARY AND WAGE INFORMATION FROM THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THE MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS, AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS DATA IS USED TO SET THE SALARY AND WAGE RANGES FOR THE VARIOUS STAFF POSITIONS. SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ARE DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON A COMPANY-WIDE BASIS AND ARE ALLOCATED TO THE SALARY RANGES, USUALLY ON A PRO-RATA BASIS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE BUSINESS OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BECK FOUNDATION OF DSAET	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	632 NIAGARA COURT	AddressLine1
City	DULUTH	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55811	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	411445030	EIN
Primary Activities	SUPPORT	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501C3	ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status	11B	PublicCharityStatus
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA
Controlled Org	false	ControlledOrg

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable

Name Of Other Organization NameOfOtherOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BECK FOUNDATION OF DSAET	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	C	TransactionType
Amount Involved	150000	AmountInvolved
Method Of Amt Determination	AMOUNT GRANTED TO WDSETV	MethodOfAmtDetermination