Illinois · Nonprofit
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 362 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,647,302 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($33,622,944). 241 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $50M
- Funders on record
- 362
- Grants received
- $65M
- Net assets
- $83M
What Window to the World Communications Inc does
Mission
Wttw and wfmt are committed to producing and presenting trusted, best-in-class content fueled by a distinctly chicago sensibility. We engage our audiences by entertaining, inspiring, educating and reflecting a diversity of perspectives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wttw produces local and national productions, that are broadcast locally for the benefit of individuals living in and around chicagoland. Our productions highlight the city and provide cultural and informative contents. Wttw also produces a nightly news program.
$8,704,530 spent$2,793,075 earned by the program30% of program spendingWttw is chicago's pbs member station committed to creating and presenting unique content for television and digital media. We are dedicated to enriching lives, engaging communities, and inspiring exploration through our commitment to diverse perspectives, innovation, and life-long learning.
$6,963,623 spentof which $5,000 as grants$917,312 earned by the program24% of program spendingWfmt is chicago's only classical radio station. We are committed to enriching lives, engaging communities, and inspiring exploration through the lens of classical music. Wfmt showcases local talent and has a focus on diversity within classical music.
$3,191,661 spent$625,059 earned by the program11% of program spendingDigital Content, Community Engagement
$10,155,286 spent$231,036 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,015,100.
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 $72M to $92M (+28%).
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: 2017 9% · 2018 9% · 2019 10% · 2020 9% · 2021 13% · 2022 9% · 2023 8% · 2024 10% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Sandra Micek
President and CEO
Board chair
David C Blowers
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 76 funders to 157 funders, grant income rose $5.6M → $7.1M.
30 of 362 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.7M from 11 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 362 funders by total. 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
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 77% · 2019 49% · 2020 49% · 2021 40% · 2022 44% · 2023 46% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 27 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $401k on record — $400k federal, $660 state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$400k
- Licenses, Permits, etc.$660
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS 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 WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC?
- WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 362 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,647,302 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($33,622,944). 241 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 362 organizations giving $64,647,302 in grants to WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC, 241 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $33,622,944 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 362 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing