Kqed Inc.

“Form 990, part iii, line 1: 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, providing citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone; and engaging audiences to share their stories. Kqed helps students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms and takes 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.”

“Form 990, part iii, line 4a: kqed 9 and kqed plus are among the nations most-watched public television stations with an average of 929,321 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). Kqeds digital television channels include kqed 9, kqed plus, 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 areas 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 2017, 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 12th season; kqed newsroom, a weekly multiplatform news program on television, radio and online, in its fourth season; and the documentary series truly ca, which presented a dozen independently-produced films in its 12th season. Kqed was also a leader in presenting independent productions to nationwide audiences. Jacques ppin: the art of craft (american masters), roadtrip nation and joseph rosendos travelscope were some of the programs that kqed supported in finding distribution and national audiences. In 2017, kqed public television received five northern california emmy awards.”

“Form 990, part iii, line 4b: 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. New multimedia projects included kqed arts first 100 days: art in the age of trump and kqed news bridging the divide initiatives, designed to bring people together and bridge political and cultural divides. The online series first 100 days: art in the age of trump highlighted the work of artists during the first 100 days of trump's administration - 100 days being the time frame when the president's power and influence are supposedly at their zenith - and offered perspectives on issues such as immigration, the environment, women's rights and health care via more than 100 original articles and videos. Kqed news initiated a series of projects that attempted to create civic dialogue and communications across political and demographic divides. In the weeks before and after the inauguration of donald trump, kqed broadcast four one-hour radio programs, titled eye to eye, that featured several people in conversation, prompted to talk about political differences and where our country should be headed. These specials aired on sunday evenings, and were posted online. Also in the first half of the year, kqeds forum program co-broadcast with stations across the country for a series of special shows titled swap talk that were broadcast and carried live in the bay area as well as in the markets of partners stations, such as cleveland, las vegas, and portland. Swap talk was intended as a vehicle to bring communities together to talk about geographic differences. Each year, kqed celebrates the diversity of our community with a special lineup of programs, including events and film screenings during black history, womens 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.”

“Form 990, part iii, line 4c: kqed public radio is among the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation, with an average of 951,500 weekly radio listeners in the san francisco metro survey area, and an additional 28,800 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 nprs stellar programs. Kqed public radio also produces a significant number of local programs and series, including the award-winning forum (which celebrated 30 years in 2017); the california report, the statewide weekday morning news report, and the california report magazine, a 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 2017, 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 2017, including four from the society of professional journalists of northern california, six radio television digital news association edward r. Murrow regional awards and five public radio news directors incorporated awards.”

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D: KQED INTERACTIVE, WHICH INCLUDES KQED.ORG AND KQEDNEWS.ORG, DEVELOPS CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND MOBILE DEVICES, HOSTS ONLINE SERVICES FOR KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION, PUBLIC RADIO AND KQED LEARNING, AND SERVES AS A COMMUNITY CONVENER, PROVIDING EVENT LISTINGS, RESOURCES, ONLINE POLLS, PODCASTS, BLOGS AND OTHER ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST. KQED.ORG FUNCTIONS AS KQEDS THIRD MEDIA PLATFORM, DELIVERING CONTENT SPECIFICALLY ACQUIRED AND PRODUCED FOR THE WEB. SERIES AND BLOGS INCLUDE DEEP LOOK, A REMARKABLE SCIENCE VIDEO SERIES ON THE PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS NETWORK; NEW IN 2017, ABOVE THE NOISE, A VIDEO SERIES THAT INVESTIGATES CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER TO HELP YOUNG VIEWERS DRAW INFORMED CONCLUSIONS, ALSO ON THE PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS NETWORK; MINDSHIFT, A BLOG AND - NEW IN 2017, A PODCAST - EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS; QED UP, A PODCAST FEATURING THE BEST OF KQED STORYTELLING, WHICH LAUNCHED TWO POPULAR SERIES IN 2017 - AMERICAN SUBURB AND THE TRIALS OF MARVIN MUTCH. BAY AREA BITES, A POPULAR FOOD BLOG; TASTE THIS, A NEW-IN-2017 WEB VIDEO SERIES FROM KQED FOOD THAT TAKES VIEWERS INSIDE COOKING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; BAY CURIOUS, A PODCAST ABOUT THE UNEXPLORED SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA; AND KQED POP, WHICH EXAMINES THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF MUSIC, MEDIA AND OTHER POP CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. KQED INTERACTIVE IS A LEADER IN THE NATIONAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING ARENA THROUGH ITS EXPERIMENTATION WITH NEW PROJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE APPS, INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS, COMMUNITY BLOGGERS AND MORE. KQED.ORGS AUDIENCE CONTINUES TO GROW, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST-TRAFFICKED PUBLIC MEDIA WEBSITES IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2017, KQED.ORG SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 2.3 MILLION UNIQUE USERS EACH MONTH AND AN AVERAGE OF 5.2 MILLION MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS OF ITS ONLINE CONTENT. KQED RECEIVED PROMINENT AWARDS FOR MULTIMEDIA/WEB CONTENT IN 2017, INCLUDING A WEBBY PEOPLES VOICE AWARD, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FILM AND VIDEO CATEGORY, FOR DEEP LOOK; AND FIVE AWARDS FROM THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. KQED Education produces and distributes free, media-rich educational resources to engage learners with real-world examples. KQED Teach leads in engaging with community and educational organizations to create cutting-edge learning media, particularly in STEM; offering training in digital learning tools; distributing content to classrooms; and providing up-to-date online educational materials. In FY17, KQED Education reached more than 3,000 Bay Area residents who attended a KQED workshop, webinar or conferences. Under KQEDs leadership, Californias pre-K12 educators continue to have free access to tens of thousands of digital assets from KQED and PBS, including videos, games, audio, photos, in-depth lesson plans and even discussion questions. By the end of FY17, nearly 2 million educators and users have registered to access content from PBS LearningMedia. KQED Education continued to expand its online learning platform, KQED Teach, which engages educators with a hands-on approach to learning digital media literacy skills. Armed with these skills, teachers can help their students develop communication and technology skills, enabling them not only to produce high-quality digital content, but also to engage in learning that encourages critical thinking and media literacy. These courses are free and self-paced. Additionally, KQED is helping students build digital literacy skills and form evidence-based arguments with education properties Above the Noise, The Lowdown and Do Now. This content directly engages students and teachers from around the Bay Area and across the country in public discourse of issues important to the lives of youth. By the end of 2017, Above the Noise had amassed more than 259,441 views and 13,000 YouTube subscribers. Resources on The Lowdown have been viewed more than 2 million times.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b: 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. After the audit committee approves the form 990, the form 990 is provided to all voting members of the board prior to filing.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c: 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 decision making process.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, lines 15a & 15b: 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 president/ceo 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 discussions 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.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19: 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.”

“Form 990, part viii, line 1e: 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.”