Public Television 19 Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

Oct 31, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$7,222,594

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Educational activities (k-12, early education, kc reache adult living): kcpt provides instructional video services to kc area schools; 56 school districts serving 121,000 students and 9,500 teachers per year. Also, 600 teachers are trained per year. 'kcpt reads' provides approximately 4,000 books per month to children through our 70 partner sites. For most children, this is their only access to books and reading. 'kc reache' is an alliance between kcpt and 7 accredited post-secondary institutions. The mission is to provide time-flexible distance learning options to non-traditional students in kc. The population served by all educational efforts includes infants through adults.

Activity 3

Kcpt community engagement efforts for 2011 include: imagine kc as a series of 13 special programs produced in partnership with the mid america regional council (marc). The series portrays the many ways that the kansas city metropolitan area is developing new land and re-developing older areas in ways that leave the region more vibrant, connected and sustainable. Kcpt is also partnering with blue cross blue shield of kansas city on a generation xl, an ongoing effort to educate the community to the causes of and solutions for the obesity epidemic. Programs explore a range of issues such as local "food desserts", outdated school policies contributing to childhood obesity, and strategies for recent immigrants to preserve their traditional food culture.

Filer

EIN

23-7114952