2011-02-14T09:06:24-06:00 2010-06-30 CROSSLIN & ASSOCIATES PC 2525 WEST END SUITE 1100 NASHVILLE TN 37203 990 2009-07-01 621740928 NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC NASH 6152599325 161 RAINS AVENUE NASHVILLE TN 372035330 BETH CURLEY 6152599325 2011-02-11 true RODNEY C BROWER 6153205500 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z BETH CURLEY-PRESIDENT CEO 161 RAINS AVENUE NASHVILLE TN 372035330 5539226 false X WWW.WNPT.NET X 1998 TN THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA, WE ENGAGE OUR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES WITH STIMULATING CULTURAL, CIVIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. 21 20 38 386 0 0 5507215 4926582 132147 227008 32911 20968 271756 360292 5944029 5534850 0 0 0 0 2469959 2419376 252135 206869 892558 2728189 2964660 5450283 5590905 493746 -56055 10311125 10164966 602870 503574 9708255 9661392 NPT PROVIDES A NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION BROADCAST OF PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATE, INFORM, AND ENTERTAIN VIEWERS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MISSION. NPT ALSO PRODUCES ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THAT ASSISTS IN THESE GOALS. false false 2902761 198508 PROGRAMMING, PRODUCTION, AND EDUCATION OUTREACH - PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION: NPT serves more than 2 million people in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky with compelling educational experiences that encompass the community's educational, cultural, artistic and civic life. Through educational programming for children and adults, outreach to at-risk children, productions that highlight local history, culture and public affairs, NPT is committed to helping all citizens reach their fullest potential. NPT is one of the most watched public television stations in the nation with a weekly audience of over 660,000 individuals. NPT provides the full PBS schedule of programming, as well as local documentaries and programs including "Tennessee Crossroads", "Volunteer Gardener", "A Word on Words", the "Next Door Neighbors" series, "Memories of Opryland", "Hank Williams", "The Carter Family" and "Christmas at Belmont". Many of NPT's original productions have aired nationally on PBS, sharing Middle Tennessee's culture and heritage with the entire nation. NPT's Next Door Neighbors Project seeks to highlight Nashville's status as a destination city for a variety of immigrant and refugee groups who have made the city their home over the last ten years. Through a series of four documentaries, a project website, community forums and literacy outreach NPT seeks to provide all residents of Middle Tennessee with a wide-ranging view of the region's new, rapidly growing foreign-born communities including Kurdish, Somali, BHUTANESE and Hispanic immigrants. In February 2010 NPT launched a major three year documentary project "NPT Reports: Children's Health Crisis" that will focus on the major health issues facing children from birth through adolescence in Tennessee. IT WILL INCLUDE A SERIES OF SEVEN DOCUMENTARIES, A PROJECT WEBSITE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. TWO PROGRAMS IN THE SERIES AIRED IN FY 2010 AND BOTH HAVE EARNED LOCAL EMMY NOMINATIONS IN THE UPCOMING ANNUAL AWARDS. NPT continues to be one of the most-watched channels for children, with more than 75% of homes with children aged 2-5 tuning in weekly. Each week NPT broadcasts 69 hours of children's programming designed to ensure that the youngest viewers arrive at kindergarten ready to learn with a strong foundation of early math and reading skills. In addition, NPT is perhaps the only source of preschool educational programs for the more than 20,000 preschoolers in Nashville who do not attend licensed daycare or preschool. Educational Outreach: NPT brings our programming to the community through a rich array of outreach projects which impact at-risk children and their parents, as well as members of Nashville's growing immigrant communities. In the last fiscal year NPT's educational outreach served over 6,500 children and 10,500 parents in the region. NPT is one of only 20 stations in the nation selected to participate in the PBS Raising Readers initiative, an intensive, national literacy campaign focused on building reading skills at home, at school, in child care, and in the community. NPT's Family Literacy Project for Immigrants and Refugees continues to make a major impact on Nashville's growing IMMIGRANT communities through a series of literacy workshops that incorporate health and computer literacy curriculums. NPT's Online Literacy Project aims to increase computer literacy among at-risk children and their parents and caregivers in the viewing area through a series of on-air spots called Computer Tips and a companion website, www.wnpt.net/parents. The Healthy Habits for Life initiative promotes proper nutrition, exercise and dental health through a series of on-air spots and hands-on workshops for children, parents and caregivers. Super Why! Literacy Camps held each summer target at-risk children for a five day intensive program of literacy based activities. Through varied activities, children are taught to model literacy activities that parents can incorporate into daily activities. NPT supports teachers throughout the region through diverse professional development courses. 843332 28500 BROADCASTING - Engineering and New Media support Programming, Production, Educational Services and Development through technical support for broadcast and production equipment, computer support for all station operations regardless of department and online support through web content development, viewer communications, program information and fundraising. 268159 0 PROGRAM INFORMATION - Responsible for all PR and promotion of programming and services provided to the community by NPT through the use of our airtime and other media. This area is also responsible for publishing and distribution of NPT Preview, a magazine for members that contains program listings and information. 4014252 true true false true false false false false true true true false false false false false false true true false false false false true false false false false false true false true false false false false false true false true false false 52 0 true 38 true false false false false false false false false false true true 21 20 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false TN X X KATHY MCELROY 6152599325 161 RAINS AVENUE NASHVILLE TN 372035330 KEN BISSELL 1.0 X 0 0 0 TODD BOTTORFF 1.0 X 0 0 0 ALAN BUDDENDECK 1.0 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY BUNTIN SR 1.0 X 0 0 0 BARBARA CHAZEN 1.0 X 0 0 0 THOMAS CIGARRAN 1.0 X 0 0 0 DAMIEN CREAVIN 1.0 X 0 0 0 ANNE DAVIS 1.0 X 0 0 0 V H DIXON JR 1.0 X 0 0 0 HOWARD GENTRY 1.0 X 0 0 0 FRANK E GORDON 1.0 X 0 0 0 CHERYL W MASON 1.0 X 0 0 0 DEBBY DALE MASON 1.0 X 0 0 0 ARTHUR J REBROVICK JR 1.0 X 0 0 0 SUSANNAH BROWN SCOTT-BARNES 1.0 X 0 0 0 BYRON TRAUGER 1.0 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY J WALSH 1.0 X 0 0 0 PEGGY WARNER 1.0 X 0 0 0 T SCOTT FILLEBROWN JR 1.0 X 0 0 0 BEN R RECHTER 1.0 X 0 0 0 ROBERT V DALE 1.0 X 0 0 0 RICHARD F WARREN HR 1.0 X X 0 0 0 DAVID WILLIAMS II 1.0 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES W COOK JR 1.0 X X 0 0 0 JUDY TURNER 1.0 X X 0 0 0 BETH CURLEY 40.0 X X 206773 0 20425 206773 0 20425 1 false true false CARL BLOOM ASSOCIATES INC 81 MAIN STREET WHITE PLAINS NY 10601 DIRECT MAIL PROCESSI 123333 1 2281 532734 4391567 4926582 PROGRAMMING, PRODUCTION, AND EDUCATION OUTREACH 198508 198508 PROGRAM INFORMATION 28500 28500 BROADCASTING 0 0 227008 20968 20968 0 80002 80002 109590 109590 109590 109590 0 16743 2281 4376 12367 12367 0 0 FOUNDATION OPERATING SUPPORT 158333 158333 158333 5534850 486311 121957 0 0 0 0 206773 206773 0 1750723 1211551 201511 337661 111349 69674 23271 18404 230666 155325 34560 40781 119865 75537 23725 20603 0 25212 25212 25400 25400 0 206869 206869 0 0 27921 27921 0 45225 26221 3732 15272 0 276411 231101 39158 6152 12492 7313 5174 5 0 21072 15687 5032 353 0 0 612837 572138 37789 2910 41703 33089 5697 2917 PURCHASED PROGRAMS 941904 941904 PREMIUMS/GIFTS 150300 1768 148532 EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MAINT. 133878 109513 23506 859 TALENT 115500 115500 AUDIENCE RESEARCH 67243 67243 467562 352767 23555 91240 5590905 4014252 684095 892558 250 250 3480027 4197530 2058936 1926382 407546 170728 6996 28525 9990552 6359298 4166779 3631254 110247 114868 60695 68584 19649 26845 10311125 10164966 433046 351938 169824 151636 602870 503574 X 7380668 7623669 2283936 1992201 43651 45522 9708255 9661392 10311125 10164966 X false true true X false X 4822085 8237523 6186393 5507215 4926582 29679798 4822085 8237523 6186393 5507215 4926582 29679798 29679798 150254 167254 179896 140752 210560 848716 2130 7206 10119 19830 16743 56028 30584542 2030000 0.97042 0.97475 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false true 25391 25391 false SCHEDULE C PART II-B LINE 1i DESCRIPTION Our state lobby organization is Tennessee Public Television Council it is a 501(C)(6) organization. Dues in the amount of $15,835 were paid to the organization, which are used to support lobbying activities to benefit all public television stations in Tennessee and to cover the other expenses and activities of the organization such as production. SCHEDULE C PART II-B LINE 1i DESCRIPTION The national lobby organization supported by NPT is APTS Action (Association of Public Television Stations). APTS Action is Nashville Public Television's advocate on behalf of public television stations at the federal level. Dues of $9,556 were paid to the organization. They organize a "Capitol Hill" day in February every year where those in public television can meet with their representatives or their aides in Washington. 104386 568 11001 1809 114146 121777 5000 -20056 2375 104346 0.60110 0.39890 0.00000 true false 120000 120000 2331627 1601400 730227 10000 6250 3750 7309222 4552330 2756892 219702 199317 20385 3631254 5534850 5590905 -56055 9192 9192 -46863 6134082 7321 295800 852470 1155591 4978491 556359 556359 5534850 5891081 295800 4376 300176 5590905 5590905 OTHER REVENUE ON AUDIT NOT ON FORM 990 FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 2D NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTION OF $848,094 FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES OF $4,376 WERE NETTED AGAINST GROSS INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING EVENTS ON THE FORM 990 PAGE 9. $848,094 + $4,376 = $852,470 OTHER REVENUE ON FORM 990 NOT ON AUDIT FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 4B $556,359 OF contributions were received but temporarily restricted. EXPENSES ON AUDIT NOT ON FORM 990 FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XIII, LINE 2D FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES OF $4,376 WERE NETTED AGAINST GROSS INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING EVENTS ON THE FORM 990 PAGE 9. INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 The Station's permanently restricted endowment consists of a beneficial trust held by a trustee in accordance with the donor's stipulations. The trustees ARE responsible for distributing to the Station the realized investment earnings annually. The Station is not responsible to replenish excess losses caused by market fluctuations because of the beneficial nature of the trust. Additionally, the Station's Board of Directors have established a designated endowment consisting of unrestricted gifts. Currently, the return on designated endowment is being accumulated until the Board decides earnings are sufficient to supplement the Station's operations. X X true CARL BLOOM ASSOCIATES DIRECT MAIL PROCESSING false 304425 123333 181092 MAIL ENTERPRISES LLC RENEWAL MAIL false 371222 40101 331121 RUFFALO CODY TELEMARKETI false 52033 34474 17559 727680 197908 529772 TN Appraisal 15580 15580 4376 0 15580 15580 4376 4376 11204 false false false false false false BETH CURLEY 176773 0 30000 0 0 0 14506 0 5919 0 227198 0 218927 0 RICHARD F WARREN JR DIRECTOR 21207 SEE SCHEDULE O false CHARLES W COOK JR DIRECTOR 404 SEE SCHEDULE O false DAVID WILLIAMS II DIRECTOR 404 SEE SCHEDULE O false BETH CURLEY PRESIDENT AND CEO 76536 SEE SCHEDULE O false COMPENSATION POLICY FOR CEO FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A Compensation for the CEO is determined by the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee. A written review and memo of the decision made is kept on file with the HR Department. The CEO is not part of the decision making process. COMPENSATION POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B Compensation for key employees is handled by the CEO. NPT has compiled a compensation guide line for all positions and makes use of survey data provided by CPB of salary information that is updated annually by all public television stations. A written review is kept on file along with any memo approving compensation or other changes. DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 Our 990 and financials are posted on several web sites - the State of TN charitable solicitaion site, givingmatters.com,guidestar.org and are also available on request. Our conflict of interest policy is included the By-Laws of the Corporation and in our employee handbook. Also all Board and CAB meetings are open to the public. CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C Employees have an obligation to conduct business within guidelines that prohibit actual or potential conflicts of interest. This policy establishes only the framework within which NPT wishes the business to operate. Transactions with outside firms must be conducted within a framework established and controlled by the executive level of NPT. Business dealings with outside firms should not result in unusual gains for those firms. Unusual gain refers to bribes, product bonuses, special fringe benefits, unusual price breaks, and other windfalls designed to ultimately benefit either the employer, the employee, or both. Employees and supervisors develop contracts with freelancers/businesses within their respective areas. All contracts are thoroughly reviewed by managerial level employees prior to being submitted to the President and CEO for approval. All major contracts are reviewed and signed by the President and CEO or her designee, which allows control at the highest company level. The multi-layer contract development allows employees on all levels within a respective area to be a part of the process, with the ultimate approval at the executive level. REVIEW OF FORM 990 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE 2009 FORM 990 AND SUPPORTING SCHEDULES WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2011 BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. ALL MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS. FUNDRAISING EVENTS FORM 990, SCHEDULE G, PART II TOTAL EVENTS REVENUES LISTED ON SCHEDULE G, PART II DO NOT MATCH REVNUES LISTED ON THE FORM 990, PART VII, STATEMENT OF REVENUES BECAUSE THE REMAINING REVENUE CAME FROM EVENTS UNDER THE THRESHOLD TO BE INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE G. BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS FORM 990, SCHEDULE L, PART IV BOARD MEMBER RICHARD F. WARREN, JR. ALSO SERVES AS NPT'S ATTORNEY. TOTAL PAYMENTS TO BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS, MR. WARREN'S FIRM, EQUALED $21,206.65. BOARD MEMBERS CHARLES W. COOK, JR. AND DAVID WILLIAMS, II ARE ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WHICH HOLDS PART OF NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION'S ENDOWMENT. FEES PAID TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WERE $493.98. THE ENDING MARKET VALUE OF FUNDS HELD BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WAS $69,774.47. PRESIDENT AND CEO BETH CURLEY ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD OF THE TENNESSEE REPERTORY THEATRE WHICH IS A TENANT OF NASHVILLE PUBIC TELEVISION. TOTAL RENT PAID BY THE TENNESSEE REPERTORY THEATRE WAS $76,535.61. WHISLEBLOWER POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 13 A WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE SINCE THE PRIOR YEAR 990. EACH EMPLOYEE SIGNED A FORM INDICATING THEY WERE INFORMED AND HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. TENNESSEE PUBLIC TELEVISION COUNCIL 161 RAINS AVENUE NASHVILLE TN 37203 581609806 PUBLIC TV TN 501(C)(6) N/A NA true TENNESSEE PUBLIC TELEVISION COUNCIL Q 15835