Kqed Inc.

“Form 990 review process the process for reviewing the kqed form 990 prior to filing includes a review by the controller, cfo, and the audit committee of the board. The organization's cpa firm presents the form 990 to the audit committee at a virtual meeting. After the audit committee approves the form 990, it is provided to all voting members of the board prior to filing.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflict-of-interest policy 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 process.”

“Process for determining compensation of officers and key employees 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 approve 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 on 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, its chief administrative and operations officer and its executive director of human resources analyze the 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.”

“Documents made available to the public 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.”

“Contributions received as govt. Grants corporation for public broadcasting is a private, not-for-profit corporation. It receives appropriations from congress, which it distributes to support a national policy for growth and development of radio and television broadcasting. The corporation was granted a loan (the "loan") from community reinvestment fund, inc. In the aggregate amount of $8,116,900, pursuant to the paycheck protection program (the "ppp") under the coronavirus aid, relief and economic security act ("cares act"). The loan, dated april 17, 2020, with a maturity date of april 17, 2022, bears interest at a rate of 1% per annum. Accrued interest for the year ended september 30, 2021 was $56,485. Funds from the loan may only be used for payroll costs, costs used to continue group health care benefits, mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and interest on other debt obligations incurred before october 4, 2020. The company has used the entire loan amount for qualifying expenses. Under the terms of the ppp, certain amounts of the loan may be forgiven if certain criteria are met. The loan, including accrued interest of $93,400, was forgiven on june 14, 2021.”

“Program service accomplishments kqed's multidisciplinary content teams - focusing on news; arts and culture; education and science - work to expand regional coverage and ensure our content is available via mobile, social and digital media as well as on radio and television. In fy21, new multimedia products included voter guides (one for the general election, one for the california gubernatorial recall election, and one in spanish). In partnership with npr, kqed launched consider this, a daily news podcast with an innovative format. And on our watch, above the noise, deep look, mindshift, rightnowish, bay curious, sold out: rethinking housing in america, and other projects continued. 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 american pacific islander, lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer (lgbtq), latino heritage, indian heritage, and disability culture awareness months. Kqed has long recognized the important connection between cultural heritage and the arts and has made events (online this year because of the pandemic) an integral part of our heritage month celebrations.”

“Program service accomplishments kqed 9 and kqed plus are among the nation's most-watched public television stations with an average of 797,000 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 world, and pbs kids, and are available 24/7 over the air and on cable. 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 content and collaborates with filmmakers and documentary producers to present independent programming. Kqed public television is committed to producing, co-producing and presenting content that serves the people of northern california and beyond. In fy21, kqed continued to broadcast locally produced series showcasing different aspects of life in the bay area. Programs included the 16th season of check, please! Bay area, where local diners review their favorite bay area restaurants and a new spinoff: check, please! You gotta try this! The 8th season of kqed newsroom, a weekly multiplatform news program on television, radio and online, and the documentary series truly ca, which presented 7 independently produced films in its 16th season. Kqed was also a leader in presenting independent productions to nationwide audiences, including bloodline, unadopted, joseph rosendo's travelscope, roadtrip nation. Kqed supported these programs in finding distribution and national audiences in fy21.”

“Program service accomplishments kqed public radio is among the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation, with an average of 733,000 weekly radio listeners in the san francisco metro survey area and an additional 22,200 in the sacramento area. Kqed owns and operates kqed 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 and 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, political breakdown, the california report, a weekday news report carried across the state; and its counterpart, the california report magazine, a weekly 30-minute news magazine. In addition, there are weekly kqed science radio reports and 18 weekday and weekend kqed news reports. Kqed public radio presented content from the commonwealth club of california, the world affairs council, and city arts and lectures. It also broadcasts a radio version of kqed newsroom. Kqed public radio continued to embrace 21st-century media techniques in fy21, serving the san francisco bay area with content through a wide array of on-demand online services. Some kqed public radio broadcasts are also part of the sirius satellite network. Kqed public radio staff received two awards from the society of professional journalists (national).”