Kqed Inc.

“The process for reviewing the kqed form 990 prior to filing included a live meeting and presentation by the organization's cpa firm to the audit committee, a review by the controller, cfo, and the audit committee of the board. The audit committee approved the form 990. The form 990, as approved by the audit committee, was provided to all voting members of the board prior to filing.”

“In accordance with the organization's conflict of interest policy, all directors, officers, and key employees fill out and sign a conflict of interest disclosure form, which is reviewed and maintained in the general counsel's office. Key employees and officers fill out the conflict of interest disclosure form annually. Board of directors fill out the conflict of interest disclosure form when their initial term commences, and then are asked annually to report any changes that would give rise to a conflict of interest. If a conflict of interest were to arise, the key employee, officer or board member with the conflict would be recused from the decision making.”

“The executive committee of the board is responsible for reviewing the compensation of the president/ceo, and it makes recommendations to the board of directors, who approved any such compensation. The officer is recused from any discussion and vote. The process followed by the board to develop and approve the compensation package for the president/ceo included the review of data on comparable compensation packages and recommendations, prepared by an outside consultant. Based on the data and recommendations from the consultant as well as an evaluation of the president/ceo's performance against previously set goals, the executive committee deliberated and agreed upon recommendations to the board. The full board deliberated about the compensation package based on the recommendations from the executive committee and approved the salary for the president/ceo. In determining salaries for other officers and key employees, kqed's president/ceo and its vp of human resources and labor relations, analyze data from relevant compensation surveys, including the executive compensation survey sponsored by weta, and the executive compensation for pbs station survey. In addition, they have discussion with contemporaries at similarly situated public broadcasting stations concerning compensation for key employees in comparable positions. Finally, they consider the historical and current compensation paid by kqed for comparable positions, as well as the skills and experience of the individual employee.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request for the same period of time set forth in 26 u.s. Code 6104(d). Condensed financial information is also made available to the public via the annual kqed report to the community, which is posted on the organization's website in addition to its form 990 and audited financial statements.”

“Corporation for public broadcasting is a private, not-for-profit corporation which receives appropriations from congress which it distributes to support a national policy for growth and development of radio and television broadcasting.”

“Kqed is for everyone who wants to be more. Our television, radio, digital media and educational services change lives for the better and help individuals and communities achieve their full potential. Kqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions, convene community dialogue, bring the arts to everyone, and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration, exposing them to new people, places and ideas. We celebrate diversity, embrace innovation, value lifelong learning and partner with those who share our passion for public service.”

“Kqed 9 is one of the nation's most-watched public television stations with an average of 871,000 weekly viewers in the san francisco-oakland-san jose market. Kqed owns and operates public television stations kqed-tv/dt channel 9 (san francisco), kqeh-tv/dt channel 54 (san jose), and kqet-tv/dt channel 25 (watsonville/monterey). Kqed's digital television channels include kqed 9, kqed plus, kqed life, kqed world, kqed kids and kqed v-me, and are available 24/7 over the air and on comcast. Since first going on the air in 1954, kqed has been an integral part of the bay area's media and cultural landscape. The station produces its own unique local and national programs and collaborates with filmmakers and documentary producers to present more independent programming than any other public television station in the nation. Kqed public television is committed to producing, co-producing and presenting content that serves the people of northern california and beyond. In 2016, kqed continued to broadcast locally produced series showcasing different aspects of life in the bay area. Programs included check, please! Bay area, where local diners review their favorite bay area restaurants, in its eleventh season. Kqed also produced a fourth season of the nationally distributed film school shorts, featuring short student films from top u.s. Film schools, and presented a fifth season of equal time, a series co-produced with the school of journalism and mass communications at san jose state university and designed to look in-depth at issues of importance to californians. Additionally, the fifth season of revolutionaries, a television series produced by the computer history museum in association with kqed silicon valley, aired in 2016 and featured conversations with tech luminaries. Kqed was also a leader in presenting independent productions to nationwide audiences. The new environmentalists, joanne weir gets fresh, roadtrip nation, jacques pepin heart & soul, and joseph rosendo's travelscope were just some of the programs that kqed supported in finding distribution and national audiences. In 2016, kqed public television received eight northern california emmy awards (including two in multimedia/web categories), two awards from the society of professional journalists of northern california and two radio television digital news association edward r. Murrow regional awards.”

“Kqed public radio is among the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation, with an average of 763,200 weekly radio listeners in the san francisco metro survey area, and an additional 24,000 in the sacramento area. Kqed owns and operates public radio (88.5 fm san francisco and 89.3 fm sacramento). Its award-winning news and public affairs program service can be heard on 88.5 fm or comcast channel 960 in san francisco, kqei 89.3 fm in sacramento, 88.3 fm in santa rosa and 88.1 fm in martinez. Kqed public radio broadcasts many of npr's stellar programs. Kqed public radio also produces a significant number of local programs and series, including the award-winning forum (more than 500 new shows in 2016); the california report, the statewide weekday morning news report and weekly 30-minute news magazine carried by more than 30 stations in california; the do list, a weekly look at upcoming arts offerings and events; weekly kqed science radio reports, and 18 weekday kqed news reports. Kqed public radio presented content from the commonwealth club of california, the world affairs council, city arts and lectures and the computer history museum. It also broadcast radio versions of two kqed television program - check, please! Bay area and kqed newsroom. Kqed public radio continued to embrace 21st-century media techniques in 2016, serving the san francisco bay area with content through a wide array of on-demand online services, including accompanying slide shows, interactive maps, video features, blogs, podcasts and a live audio stream, all available free on kqed.org. Some kqed public radio broadcasts are also part of the sirius satellite network. Kqed public radio staff received numerous awards in 2016, including four from the society of professional journalists of northern california, and three radio television digital news association edward r. Murrow regional awards.”

“Kqed's multidisciplinary content teams focusing on news, arts and food, and science work to expand regional coverage and ensure our content is available via mobile, social and interactive media as well as on radio and television. Kqed newsroom is a weekly multiplatform news program on television, radio and online in its fourth season. New multimedia projects included kqed arts' women to watch and the sf homeless project, an unprecedented collaboration of more than 80 news organizations around the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity. The online series women to watch celebrated 20 local artists - curators, musicians, muralists, comedians, dancers, photographers and writers - all of who are forging new paths across the bay area's diverse creative ecosystem. For each woman, kqed created a multimedia profile, featuring interviews with the artists, portraits and examples of their work. The profiles were shared on social media and in an outdoor marketing campaign. The program culminated in a sold-out event with performances by and conversations with the featured artists. Participants in the sf homeless project pooled their resources - reporting, data analysis, photojournalism, video and websites - then published, broadcast and shared a series of stories beginning wednesday, june 29. During that week, more than 350 stories, television spots and events were produced. Kqed focused on telling first-person stories to reveal the huge range of people living on our streets. Kqed also looked at the issue from a regional perspective and told stories of people living on the edge of homelessness - facing housing insecurity and eviction and living in cars and on couches. Kqed's increased visibility in silicon valley has included not just the creation of a silicon valley news desk, but also a new radio studio to strengthen and expand kqed's coverage of the south bay. With the help of four veteran reporters based in the south bay, kqed has quadrupled south bay reporting since 2013. Each year, kqed celebrates the diversity of our community with a special lineup of programs, including events and film screenings during black history, women's history, asian pacific american heritage, lesbian gay bisexual transgender pride (lgbt), latino heritage, american indian heritage and disability culture awareness months. Kqed has long recognized the important connection between cultural heritage and the arts and has made live performances an integral part of our heritage month celebrations.”