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Public Media Group of Southern California

We use the power of media for public good.

$326k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Public Benefit$300kArts & Culture$118kEducation$52k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$141M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC$50,000
NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO$50,000
ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC$50,000
FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION INC$50,000
WHYY INC$50,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$22,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $50k → 8%WQED MULTIMEDIA: $10k → 11%WHYY INC: $50k → 22%CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: $10k → 10%NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $20k → 14%SC EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION: $10k → 16%ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION AUTHORITY: $20k → 16%NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $50k → 14%MID-SOUTH PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $50k → 10%KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 15%ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION AUTHORITY: $18k → 16%NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO: $50k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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ID
PA
RI
NE
KY
AZ
TN
SC
OK
AL
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. (npr) collaborates with member public radio stations to create a more informed public, one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding of events, ideas, and cultures. npr advances this mission by…

Arts & Culture
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
4
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
5
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
6
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service

Kpts is your publicly owned media company that educates and enriches our community with quality arts, cultural, educational, informational, enlightening programs and services that entertain, challenge minds and contribute to a life of…

Arts & Culture
7
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
8
Friends of Ksps

Ksps provides on-air, online and multi-media programs that entertain, engage and educate to enrich all the communities we serve.

Arts & Culture
9
East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation

Operation of public tv station.

Arts & Culture
10
Wnet

Wnet is a multi-media public service non-profit that delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities. our content inspires curiosity, encourages action and nurtures dreams.

Arts & Culture
11
Prx Inc

To lead changes that expand public media as a trusted source of knowledge, information, and inspiration for all.

Arts & Culture
12
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media

The mission of minnesota public radio is creating the future of public media by amplifying voices to inform, include, and inspire.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whyy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends of Idaho Public Television Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Idaho Public Television IncWHYY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INCNASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIONASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INCALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INCAlabama Education Television Foundation Authority: $38,000 · Arts & CultureAlabama Education Television Foundation AuthorityNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC+6 more: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreOklahoma State University Foundation: $50,000 · EducationOklahoma State Un…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $22,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNI…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherSOUTH CAROLINA NETWORK: $10,000 · Other
Arts & Culture$368,000Education$72,000Other$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Idaho Public Television Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHYY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAlabama Education Television Foundation Authority: $38,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN STATE MEDIA GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Corporation for Publi…Greater Washington Ed…Public Broadcasting S…Ibm International Fou…National Public Radio…Cars for Charity IncAmerican Endowment Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…
Corporation for Public BroadcastingDC26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc · Public Broadcasting Service · Ibm International Foundation · National Public Radio Inc · Cars for Charity Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Public Media Group of Southern California funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Media Group of Southern California. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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