Ohio · Nonprofit
Public Media Connect
Public Media Connect (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,120 to it, the largest being THE LAMACCHIA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Public Media Connect does
Mission
Public Media Connect is the regional organization formed by The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation (CET) and Greater Dayton Public Television (THINK TV). Our mission is to strengthen the communities we serve through programs and services that inspire and inform, educate and engage, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning and the power of diverse perspectives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Public Media Connect (PMC), a regional holding company, was established by The Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation (CET) and Greater Dayton Public Television (THINK TV). PMC is dedicated to harnessing the power of digital technologies to serve the educational and public service needs of The Greater Cincinnati and Dayton Communities.
$234,996 spentof which $234,996 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $234,996.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.7M to $9.6M (+68%).
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.
35% of Public Media Connect’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Dorthy K Lensman
President & CEO
Board chair
Dave Taylor
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $620.
From the IRS filings of Public Media Connect’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
Public Media Connect leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 81% — diversifying over time.
“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
76% of Public Media Connect's grant income comes from Ohio 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.
Against its field
Public Media Connect runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Public Media Connect
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Greater Dayton Public Television · exempt
- Greater Cincinnati Television Foundation · exempt
- Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Public Media Connect: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Public Media Connect?
- Public Media Connect (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,120 to it, the largest being THE LAMACCHIA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Public Media Connect have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,120 in grants to Public Media Connect, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Public Media Connect?
- THE LAMACCHIA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Public Media Connect find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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