Television broadcast station and operations: technical operations provides the transmission of the broadcast signal within the new york city television market. During the 2024/2025 fiscal year on a 24-hour daily schedule, wnet broadcasts over 78,800 hours to the new york city market on stations wnet and wliw. Radio broadcast station operations: technical operations provides the transmission of the radio broadcast signal within the central and eastern long island market, during the 2024/2025 fiscal year on a 24-hour daily schedule,wliw fm broadcasts to over 350,000 listeners on wliw-fm and…
WNET
Wnet: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
“WNET is a multi-media public service non-profit that delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities. Our content inspires curiosity, encourages action and nurtures dreams.”
Data only Figures straight from the filing, screened by our rules. Not yet reviewed in depth by a CPA.
Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
- Top pay
- $800K Neal Shapiro, 0.6% of spending
- Revenue
- $119.1M 80.4% from donations and grants
- Spent
- $124.3M 65.8% on programs, as reported
- Net assets
- $388.2M end of FY ending Jun 2025
- Savings
- 37.5 months of spending, net assets ÷ spending
- People
- 630 employees, 45 volunteers
No red flags in its latest filing.
We screen every filing against twelve rules. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.
No reported asset diversions, no insider transactions, no fundraisers keeping most of the money, and the governance policies we check for are in place.
Of each dollar it spent, 65.8¢ went to programs, as reported.
For each dollar donated, WNET spent 19¢ on fundraising.
Fundraising ÷ $95.7M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXWhat it told the IRS it spent on.
The charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Education: wnet produces a range of educational programming targeted for the full range of our audience, including pre-k through high school, as well as for life-long learners. This includes original educational video and game-based programming that directly supports the development of math, science, foundational reading, social studies, and social emotional learning skills for our youngest learners. During the year, wnet and thirteen broadcast over 21,000 hours of instructional programming. In addition,wnets education team supports this programming with the creation and distribution of…
Net assets: $180.2M to $388.2M in 11 years.
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2025.
The 8 highest-paid people.
Reportable pay in FY ending Jun 2025, from the charity and related organizations.
| Contractor | Service | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oren Rudavsky Productions | Co production | $604,796 |
| Attain Partners | Management & technology consulting | $545,938 |
| Crewcial Partners LLC | Investment consulting | $337,542 |
| Pillar to Post LLC | Digital media services | $324,141 |
| Pieshake Pictures LLC | Co production | $301,279 |
The questions people ask about the WNET.
Short, sourced answers. Each one stands on its own.
How much does the WNET CEO make?
Neal Shapiro, President, CEO, received $799,774 in reportable compensation in FY ending Jun 2025, 0.6% of WNET's $124.3M in spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part VIIWhat percentage of WNET donations go to programs?
WNET reported 65.8% of FY ending Jun 2025 spending as programs, 14.8% as fundraising and 19.4% as management.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part IXHow much money does WNET have?
Net assets were $388.2M at the end of FY ending Jun 2025, about 37.5 months of spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part XDoes WNET have any red flags in its filing?
Its latest Form 990 triggered none of our twelve screening rules, which cover reported asset diversions, insider transactions, fundraiser costs, governance policies and spending patterns.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025)Every number, traced.
Amir Arani, “WNET: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/wnet/