Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION
PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,157 to it, the largest being LUTRON FOUNDATION ($71,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $0
What Pbs 39 Foundation Corporation does
Mission
The corporation is formed exclusively for the benefit of, to carry out the purposes of and to perform the functions of the lehigh valley public telecommunications corporation.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2021 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Effective 2/2/2022 the organization ceased all operations and merged into lv public telecommunications corp (lvpt). Pbs 39 foundation has been the supporting organization to lvpt since its inception. The board of directors and management considered it more efficient to merge the organizations to streamline services and cost centers.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
To support lehigh valley public telecommunications corporation in operating a public media station serving a four county area with over 12,000 members; encourage long-term financial support, manage and invest the funds contributed to the foundation, and make donations to wlvt to support its programs.
$3,519,000 spentof which $3,519,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,519,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $103M to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Timothy Fallon
President & CEO
Board chair
Susan Yee
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 99% · 2019 97% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
99% of PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lv Public Telecommunications Corp · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION?
- PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,157 to it, the largest being LUTRON FOUNDATION ($71,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $73,157 in grants to PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION?
- LUTRON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $71,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing