Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio

“Entity's "members" consists of individuals, businesses, and private foundations which made/make voluntary contributions in support of public television and public radio services.”

“Description of form 990 review process: the organization's form 990 is reviewed by its audit committee members prior to filing. Audit committee members are selected and approved by the organizations governing body-at-large. Audit committee members include two (2) "independent" individuals with financial / accounting backgrounds who do not serve as members of the governing body.”

“Prospective directors and trustees are interviewed with respect to potential conflicts of interest by the organization's nominating committee prior to approval by the governing body per its code of regulations. Annually, all tdokes complete and file a conflict of interest form and a federal communications commission-required character survey. If a potential conflict of interest issue is identified, the members of the board of directors will make a decision regarding materiality and take appropriate action.”

“Ceo, executive director, or top management official: ceo's pay adjustments are based on comparable data provided by public tv stations with a similar sized annual budget for similar roles. Other officers or key employees: determined by ceo based on market and pbs/npr station information as available.”

“Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Governing documents are also available via the ohio secretary of state's website. The published audited financials are available for inspection upon request in keeping with irs rules and regulations. The organization's audited financial "statement of activities and independent auditor's "opinion letter" is available at the organization's website (wgte.org); the organization's form 990 is available at guidestar and is also made available at the organization's physical address.”

“There was no change in the audit committee from prior years.”

“This return is being amended to update for an amended form 990-t. The updated values are as follows: part viii, statement of revenue line 1f decreased from $2,070,119 to $2,041,185. This change has decreased the value of page 1, line 8 from $3,811,536 to $3,782,602. Part viii, statement of revenue line 2b increased from $13,201 to $42,135. As a result, part viii, statement of revenue line 2g and page 1, line 9 increased from $240,171 to $269,105. Part viii, statement of revenue line 9c moved from column b related or exempt function revenue to column c unrelated business revenue. As a result of these changes page 1, line 7a has increased from $14,627 to $192,598. As a result of these changes schedule a, part ii, box 1e has decreased from $3,811,536 to $3,782,602.”