Minnesota · Nonprofit
TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC
TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,936 to it, the largest being Minnesota Humanities Center ($24,936). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $248k
What Twin Cities Regional Cable Channel Dba Metro Cable Network Inc does
Mission
The metro cable network distributes to cable television households throughout the seven-county metro area noncommercial programming that reflects the interests and concerns of the diverse communities that make up that region. The channel strives to present a weekly schedule that offers a broad spectrum of content and viewpoints and provides a distinctive service that is not duplicative of the programming on other cable channels.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Metro cable network's goal is to transmit live or taped programming in areas of government, culture, education and public affairs of interest to persons in the seven county metro area of minneapolis and st paul metro. Cable network improved the look of the channel with the interstitials that include public service announcements, member promos and schedules of each programming day. It animated the channel 6 logo that is showcased in between all programs to brand the channel's identity. The look changes with the seasons and on a regular basis. The interstitials showcase the organization's 25th year celebration. The studio's production area has been upgraded with new curtains and a green screen. A sample of the productions in the studio include america salutes - for hennepin county veterans affairs a public health journal (collaboration for state of minnesota and hennepin county)active aging (exercise program with and for seniors)heaven (what you need to know to get there) live to tape before a 50 member studio audience. My pillow - talk show with host l hill the mike lindell show - the organization increased our social media web presence which includes mobile,facebook, youtube and…
$120,941 spent$112,095 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $120,941.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $1.1M (−5%).
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 10% · 2022 3% · 2023 17% · 2024 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Stuart Devaan
Chairman & t
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
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
TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Twin Cities Regional Cable Channel · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC: 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 TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC?
- TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,936 to it, the largest being Minnesota Humanities Center ($24,936). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $24,936 in grants to TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC?
- Minnesota Humanities Center is the largest funder on record, with $24,936 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TWIN CITIES REGIONAL CABLE CHANNEL DBA METRO CABLE NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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