Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Groupinc

“Form 990 will be emailed to the board of directors who will discuss the form in a special meeting.”

“The conflict of interest policy is monitored by the board of directors in conjunction with the governance committee. Compliance issues may be raised by any board member, governance committee member, or executive director. Compliance, if necessary, would be enforced by board resolution and vote by non-affected board members.”

“In order to determine the appropriate level of compensation for the executive director, the organization takes many items into consideration. The organization looks at the candidates' previous related work experience and salary history. The organization has looked at other non-profit agencies in the geographic area for comparison. With this research, coupled with the budgetary guidelines and discussions with the governance committee and the board of directors, salary is determined.”

“Other officers are voluntary and are not compensated.”

“The organization's form 990 for the last three years is available at guidestar.org.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for public inspection upon request at the corporate station office in fort wayne, in.”

“The organization has two types of volunteers. Our production volunteers help the production director edit all audio programs, readings & reflections, underwriting and psa spots. Our administrative volunteers help with monthly mailings of statements, close pledges with zero balances, answer phone calls, peruse parish bulletins for community calendar and psa events and make phone calls for the organization.”

“Fort wayne catholic radio group was originally established to air catholic radio programs to a potential listening audience of 300,000. Because of the steady decline of radio listenership and the growing number of podcasts being produced, in 2021, fort wayne catholic radio group/dba redeemer radio expanded its offerings by creating spoke street media, an online platform that allows more on-demand content. Now rather than hearing from the same 6-7 people each weekday, we can draw on hundreds of different programs, podcasts and voices. Through these new voices, redeemer radio and spoke street media educate listeners on a broad range of topics to nurture their spiritual, mental, and physical health. Spoke street media was able to reach an excess of 350,000 downloads from its online platform from all over the world. The terrestrial radio stations and that division was sold to relevant radio and closed in late 2023. All assets including cash, equipment, and intellectual properties for the remaining division (spoke street media) were donated to max studios a division of the university of st. Thomas in houston tx. The final donation of cash was made on december 30, 2024.”