Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
WQED MULTIMEDIA
WQED MULTIMEDIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,060,723 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($17,288,209). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Wqed Multimedia does
Mission
Wqed Multimedia (wqed) champions communities across southwest pennsylvania by telling stories and creating experiences that educate, entertain and inspire our neighbors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During fy2025, wqed suspended its film academy, a youth media education program, and also made significant changes in how certain local content and production activities were conducted in response to the elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting and related sustainability considerations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Television:Wqed Multimedia operates five linear television channels: wqed-tv (pbs), wqed world, wqed create, wqed showcase, and pbs kids.in fy25, wqed continued creating and distributing original television productions reflecting communities across southwestern pennsylvania. Despite the loss of federal funding from the corporation for public broadcasting, wqed remained focused on regional storytelling and on providing free public access to educational programming.see schedule o for continuation.wqed's stories highlighted a broad range of local voices and institutions, including community organizations, schools, libraries, cultural groups, artists, makers, small businesses, and regional traditions. Topics included the library of accessible media for pennsylvanians, north hills community outreach, the women's center & shelter of greater pittsburgh, the western pennsylvania school for blind children, pittsburgh ballet theatre, chatham baroque, the moonshot museum, and the aurora reading club, among many others.wqed also commissioned "steel links," an hour-long documentary that premiered with the 125th u.s. Open at oakmont country club, featuring pittsburgh sports legends neil walker,…
$4,420,344 spent$259,215 earned by the program57% of program spendingEducation:wqed's learning neighborhoods connect families, schools, libraries, and community organizations - building bridges that support children and families and strengthen communities.in fy25, wqed worked with 57 library partners, 60 community partners, and 86 school partners, serving 48,000+ unique students with free, effective, and accessible resources reaching children wherever they learn, live, and play.see schedule o for continuation.wqed education supported children and families through storytelling, hands-on learning, school readiness activities, stem exploration, and trusted public media resources.in fy25, wqed hosted two "be my neighbor day" celebrations in mckees rocks and etna, featuring music, storytelling, crafts, service activities, interactive exhibits and more.wqed also continued multi-year programs that build literacy, school readiness, and stem skills, including the "wqed writers contest," "skills for success, and "design lives here."across these efforts, wqed education provides practical, free learning resources and experiences that support early literacy, kindergarten readiness, stem learning, family engagement, and community connection across southwestern…
$2,075,392 spent$584,194 earned by the program27% of program spendingRadio:Wqed Multimedia operates classical wqed-fm 89.3/pittsburgh, simulcast on wqej-fm 89.7/johnstown and sometimes wxtc-fm 88.1/greenville, along with "the pittsburgh concert channel," a 24/7 hd radio station featuring complete concerts by the pittsburgh symphony orchestra. On weekdays, local arts programming on wqed-fm and wqej-fm is hosted live by jim cunningham from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. And anna singer from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.see schedule o for continuation.wqed offers a variety of podcasts, including "voice of the arts," a platform that amplifies southwest pennsylvania's cultural assets: musicians, dancers, artists, actors, directors, and more. In fy25, wqed released 160+ podcasts highlighting 50+ cultural assets, generating more than 21,000 downloads. Wqed-fm also provided extensive free on-air promotion for regional performances, exhibitions, and cultural events. Approximately 60,000 adults listen each week, according to nielsen.live and recorded performance broadcasts remain a core part of wqed's public service. In fy25, wqed aired 34 concerts, produced and distributed 52 "pittsburgh symphony radio" programs to prx stations nationwide, broadcast five live pittsburgh symphony…
$1,258,170 spent$332,817 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,753,906.
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 $22M to $27M (+21%).
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 11% · 2018 18% · 2019 27% · 2020 25% · 2021 34% · 2022 24% · 2023 24% · 2024 22% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of WQED MULTIMEDIA’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
Jason Jedlinski
President & CEO
Board chair
Jonathan Rosenson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $3.3M.
14 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WQED MULTIMEDIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 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
WQED MULTIMEDIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 WQED MULTIMEDIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 77% · 2019 81% · 2020 65% · 2021 64% · 2022 47% · 2023 56% — 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
53% of WQED MULTIMEDIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
WQED MULTIMEDIA draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
WQED MULTIMEDIA's funding base is broadening — from 25 funders to 57 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WQED MULTIMEDIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $324k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$246k
- National Endowment for the Arts$55k
- National Archives and Records Administration$23k
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 WQED MULTIMEDIA
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
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Wqed Productions LLC · disregarded
- Wqed Steeltown Incubator LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WQED MULTIMEDIA: 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 WQED MULTIMEDIA?
- WQED MULTIMEDIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,060,723 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($17,288,209). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WQED MULTIMEDIA have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $26,060,723 in grants to WQED MULTIMEDIA, 79 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WQED MULTIMEDIA?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $17,288,209 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WQED MULTIMEDIA 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.
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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 129 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