Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 15 grants · $6.2m
Who it funds most
14 of its 19 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Wgbh Educational Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 19 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2022, filing 202431369349313243
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Form 990 | $921.6m | — | $225.6m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202601359349314250 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202521349349307797 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202431369349313243 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202341359349313294 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202241389349301134 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202111349349306416 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202021929349302702 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201901339349304275 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Wgbh Educational Foundation made 48 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $9.8m as filed.
- Grants
- 48
- Total, as filed
- $9.8m
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Education Development Center | 7 | $2.6m |
| Pellet Productions Inc | 3 | $1.7m |
| New York Hall of Science | 4 | $1.0m |
| Oregon State University | 4 | $650.7k |
| Apograph Productions Inc | 2 | $593.7k |
| IEarn Inc | 4 | $566.7k |
| The Filme Posse Inc | 2 | $550.0k |
| Moonshot LLC | 1 | $534.9k |
| University of California SB | 4 | $488.6k |
| FHI 360 | 1 | $240.3k |
| NORC | 2 | $233.3k |
| University of Washington | 1 | $223.2k |
| Harvard University | 4 | $120.0k |
| Kentucky Education Foundation | 3 | $115.4k |
| Trustees of Boston University | 1 | $78.8k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | $1.7m |
| 2018 | 6 | $1.7m |
| 2019 | 8 | $1.4m |
| 2020 | 6 | $768.7k |
| 2021 | 3 | $415.7k |
| 2022 | 5 | $777.2k |
| 2023 | 5 | $1.6m |
| 2024 | 9 | $1.4m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-042104397. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified