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Public Broadcasting Service

Fiscal year ending 2023. Filed on May 14, 2024.

1225 S Clark Street
18th Floor
Arlington, Virginia 22202

Public Broadcasting Service (EIN: 52-0899215) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2023 IRS Form 990 filing, Public Broadcasting Service, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 16 out of 657 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $508,251. The highest compensated employee at Public Broadcasting Service is Paula A Kerger with fiscal year 2023 compensation of $1,168,661.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$544,038,860

Expenses

$541,696,112

Employee compensation

$96,743,948
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Paula A Kerger
President and Chief Executive Officer
$1,168,661
$1,055,135 No related comp$113,526
Jonathan Barzilay
Chief Operating Officer
$779,625
$685,206 No related comp$94,419
Ira Rubenstein
Chief Digital and Marketing OFCR
$631,581
$548,264 No related comp$83,317
Katherine Lauderdale
Chief Legal Officer, CORP SEC
$578,736
$502,354 No related comp$76,382
Thomas E Tardivo
Chief FIN Offcr and Treasurer
$535,580
$457,530 No related comp$78,050
Rhonda D Holt
Chief Technology Officer
$511,891
$455,278 No related comp$56,613
Sylvia Bugg
Chief PROG EXEC and GM, General
$488,535
$441,150 No related comp$47,385
Jeremy Gaines
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
$466,711
$396,230 No related comp$70,481
Scott Nourse
Senior Vice President, Product and Innovation
$456,121
$385,748 No related comp$70,373
Sara E Dewitt
Senior Vice President and GM, PBS KIDS
$434,825
$372,447 No related comp$62,378
James Dunfordto 623
Senior Vice President, Station Services
$425,815
$366,317 No related comp$59,498
Michael D Jacobson
Senior Vice President, Human Services
$419,855
$366,266 No related comp$53,589

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Amy Shaw
Director
Catherine Robb
Board Vice Chair
Charles T Hagel
Director
Courtney Pledger
Director
Deborah Acklin Thru 722
Director
Dolores Fernandez Alonso
Director
Ed Ulman
Director
Franz Joachim As of 1022
Director
Gary Stokes Thru 1022
Director
Geoff Sands
Director
Gunjan Kedia
Director
Holden Thorp
Director

Contractors

Covington Burling LLP
Legal
$1,613,824
Attune Insights LLC
Marketing
$700,000
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Legal
$583,273
Apex Systems
Contracting
$552,048
Invisible Hand
Marketing
$510,500

Mission Statement

THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS), INCORPORATED IN 1969, IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS MEMBER STATIONS, SERVES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, USING MEDIA TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN, AND EXPRESS A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES.

Revisions to this organization profile

May 9, 2025:
2024 Public Broadcasting Service 990 filed
May 14, 2024:
2023 Public Broadcasting Service 990 filed
May 10, 2023:
2022 Public Broadcasting Service 990 filed

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