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R O C K Y M O U N TA I N P U B L I C M E D I A2016 COMMUNITY REPORT

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Every year we consider this letter a brief “state of the station” update and we generally report how busy and productive we have been in the past fiscal year. But this year is different. It is no exaggeration to say that this year, and perhaps the one ahead, will likely go down in the Rocky Mountain Public Media archives as one of the most significant periods in the station’s history. It is a time of tremendous change and growth, capped off with the installation of a new CEO.

But first, let us begin by noting another major milestone, the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Rocky Mountain PBS. From our humble beginnings as a tiny station dedicated to local education to the national public media model we have become, there was much to spotlight as we enjoyed our anniversary through multiple outreach events. The centerpiece was a reception and exhibit at the Denver Public Library. The exhibit was on display for over four months and was enthusiastically received by fans of all ages. Digging through our voluminous archives to create an accurate and thorough portrait of our 60-year legacy was an arduous task and we have our dedicated and passionate volunteers to thank for this top-notch tribute.

Our public radio station, KUVO, also celebrated a landmark achievement—their 30th anniversary. We capped off KUVO’s 30th anniversary at our annual Live at the Vineyards celebration at Balistreri vineyards, where Grammy®-award winner Dianne Reeves kept the crowd singing and dancing well into the night. We also commemorated KUVO’s rich history by looking to the future through our 30 Under 30 series. This series spotlighted Colorado’s young musicians through intimate interviews and performances, earning each musician a spot on our yearly CD compilation!

The RMPBS News team was in full throttle this past year, working hard to create impactful local content. We were particularly proud of two original series dedicated to exploring the issues of race and education in Colorado, respectively titled “Race in Colorado” and “Standing in the Gap.” These efforts and more were recognized with three Emmys® and multiple awards from the Colorado Broadcasters Association.

The launch of our multi-year capital campaign to build an innovative and collaborative media hub in Arapahoe Square was another notable achievement for the organization. Once completed, this state-of-the-art building will not only revitalize an overlooked section of downtown Denver, but will also serve as a national hub for the evolution of public media, technological development, and the incubation of ideas around public-service journalism.

Transition and change are necessary when dynamism and innovation are valued as critical building blocks to the future of an organization. After months of discussion and planning, and with the full support of the network’s Board of Directors, Amanda Mountain was named the new President and CEO of Rocky Mountain PBS, effective Feb. 3, 2017. Amanda has served in a variety of key leadership positions in the organization for the past eight years and has worked in media for nearly two decades. She is well-known and respected throughout the organization and state, and we are thrilled to announced her appointment to President and CEO.

As we turn to this new and exciting chapter, we could not be more proud of “the state of the station” and its new leadership. That is the message we most want to impart. We have each been honored to serve this station and its viewers, and we look forward with great excitement to watching the next 60 years unfold!

- Doug Price, CEO and Chad Hollingsworth, Chairman of the Board

To enrich the lives of

Coloradans through

engaging and essential

programs, services and

community partnerships

that inform, enlighten

and entertain.

MISSION

Rocky Mountain Public

Media will be the premier

public media resource

for all Coloradans.

On-air, online and in

person, we will serve our

diverse communities as

a convener of people,

ideas and perspectives.

VISION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-2016

Chairman of the BoardChad Hollingsworth

Chief Executive OfficerDoug Price

Vice ChairmanDavid Leonard

TreasurerHubert A. Farbes, Jr.

SecretaryPat Loewi

DirectorsColleen Abdoulah

Jim Chavez

Kwési T. Coleman

Louis Garofano

Allegra ‘Happy’ Haynes

Andrew Hudson

Nancy Lewis

Richard Lewis

Terry Lopez

Jan Martin

Terry Minger

Patty Pacey

Scott Reiman

Jeannie Ritter

Jesus Salazar

Jay Seaton

Niki Frangos Tuttle

Phil Weiser

Brian J. Wendling

E. Alexander Wiegers

DEAR COMMUNITY,

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“While on a vacation, Finn wowed his family and fellow vacationers when he successfully identified a sponge as something that turtles eat; a fact he learned by watching “Wild Kratts.”

He wasn’t even yet four years old but already he had learned something that he retained and was able to use and that’s totally due to PBS KIDS.

– Dilek Eccles, Finn’s Mother and RMPBS Member

Ranked as the greatest jazz station in the world for the second consecutive year by The Telegraph, KUVO has been a fundamental component in the community for over 30 years.

I listen to jazz every morning on KUVO, it’s my daily routine. One of my favorite parts is I don’t get blasted with a bunch of commercials and it’s music and it’s intelligent music.

– Dan Yolles, KUVO High School Series Participant

PBS LearningMedia showcases America’s #1 Educational Media Brand for access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources, compelling student experiences, and professional development opportunities. Rocky Mountain PBS actively contributes locally produced content to this database that Colorado educators and students can take advantage of.

One of these educators is middle-school teacher Hannah Ewert-Krocker, who utilizes “Colorado Experience” episodes and accompanying curriculum in her history classes.

Having a digital media source that’s publicly and very, very easily accessible is an incredible way for everyone to learn.

– Hannah Ewert-Krocker, Middle School Teacher and PBS LearningMedia educator

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“Race in Colorado” is an initiative geared toward highlighting inequalities in Colorado and fostering growth and diversity. The project resulted in three documentaries, a series of in-depth reports from RMPBS News, community screenings, and personal vignettes. The three documentaries all focused on different areas of society: health, justice, and education. “Precious Loss” examines the role of race in Colorado’s healthcare system, particularly infant mortality; “A Sentenced Life” investigates the effects of race in Colorado’s criminal justice system; and “Standing in the Gap” examines the history of federally mandated busing in the Denver Public School system and the devastating achievement gaps that exist today. “Standing in the Gap” won a Heartland Emmy® for Outstanding Public/Current/Community Affairs Program in 2016 and was named Best News Special or Public Affairs Special by the Colorado Broadcasters Association.

As someone who experienced Denver’s educational achievement gap firsthand, MiDian Holmes provided an essential perspective to the documentary and was a steadfast supporter of the documentary and its subsequent community outreach.

The outreach of ‘Standing in the Gap’ was extremely important. It brought the conversation to the table. It also empowered action. And now you have an opportunity to connect and say ‘what are we going to do about it?’ When you talk about a public broadcasting station that is going to simply bring the truth and the reality without the agenda, that’s the reason why it’s important. We’ve got to be able to have a platform and an outlet that we can give the honest truth to. It secures our voice.

– MiDian Holmes, “Standing in the Gap” participant and RMPBS viewer

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Rocky Mountain PBS and KUVO are grateful to our

73,000+ members and over 300collaborative community partners.

1,600+ elementary, middle and high school students participate in “Super School News” (800+ students),

StoryMakers (600+ students), and “Matchwits” (50+ schools) each year.

If all members stood together, they would fill the square mileage of Rocky Mountain National Park (415 mi2).

If each student represented a mile, they’d exceed the length of the Colorado River!

Over 17,000 Colorado teachers and

students are registered users of Rocky

Mountain PBS LearningMedia.

More than 18,000 children, and

parents attended this year’s three RMPBS

KIDS Fun Fests across the state.

If each person represented a page in a standard textbook,they would equal nearly 30 textbooks.

The amazing, hardworking volunteers of RMPBS

and KUVO worked 10,390+ hours,

the equivalent to over $207,870.

In that time, you could fly around the world nearly 365 times.

That’s 1.25x the elevation of Mt. Elbert, Colorado’s highest peak!

$25,000+Sally AndersonTemple Hoyne Buell FoundationColorado Office of Film Television MediaEthics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationDonald L. Hartung Lloyd J. and Eleanor R. King FoundationFrances E. OsbandSinger Family FoundationState Historical FundVision Maker MediaDoris Weber

$10,000+Anschutz Family FoundationSusan BernsteinHelen BilliardBrett Family FoundationColorado Health FoundationCommunity Shares Of ColoradoLawrence & Carol DavilaPeter Dea & Cathy Carpenter DeaDenver FoundationAlexandra ElliottTom & Ginny FowlerPatricia H. GilesJoan GrierVirginia W. Hill FoundationJohn LattimerKenneth & Joyce LuffPaula Lutomirski & Prentice O’LearyAlfred Metzger & Esther BeynonPatricia Pacey & Charles NeinasDouglas Price & Hazel Stevens PriceEvaline O. ShusterJoshua Max Simon Charitable FoundationDennis & Joyleen SwansonConnie Burwell White & William White FoundationGeorge & Elizabeth WiegersWomen’s Foundation of ColoradoAdelaide Zabriskie

$5,000+Elaine AppelBenevity Community Impact Fund

Mike & Julie BockPatricia ClaypooleColorado TrustCommunity First FoundationCommunity Shares ColoradoTom & Barbara S. CorsonJohn G. Duncan Charitable TrustJim FagansMary FrobergBillie B. Gaskill TrustDuke & Pam HartmanHarley & Lorraine HigbieRichard E. HoffmanJohn HollisSusan & Martin InglisInnovest Portfolio Solutions LLCMaya IyengarJay KenneyKregg Charitable FundPatty LaneLarrk FoundationCarole LeightPat LoewiAnn & Robert MaloneDavid & Laura Merage FoundationMET Foundation, Inc.Bonnie Orkow & Bruce BlodgettJames Palenchar & Lizabeth LynnerGeorge & Denise PeckLouis & Harold Price FoundationRose Community FoundationShenandoah FoundationRobert B. Sturm FoundationLaurene ThompsonJohn & Eileen ToddJune WoodAnonymous

$2,500+Raydean AcevedoHeman & Patricia AdamsUdi BaronJana BartlitBenevity Community ImpactBarry Berlin & Mary ReisherLaFawn BiddleBoettcher FoundationJohn & Marie BradyStephen BrandL. P. Brown FoundationCampbell Foundation FundGazette Charities

Howell ChilesJohn and DeborahDeedee & Peter DeckerLoyal & Bernice DurandMarilyn & Charlie ElmquistEnCana CorporationExxonMobil FoundationJames H. FosterPaula FreaseDonald Gudmundson & Fumiko FukutaJohn GassAllan & Gail GerrishThomas & Patrice GilmoreJeff GoodwinPeter & Rhondda GrantJo Ellen Graybill & Frank GuerraJames & Carol Griesemer Andrew GrosheiderEvelyn HaleyAdam HansMargaret HanssonJudith & William HardardtTimothy HarrisJack & JoAnn HerrickAnn HinkinsRichard HoffmanSteve & Elizabeth HoltzeIBM International FoundationWalter ImhoffSarah JohnsonEleanor KennedyMike & Diana KinseyRick KoopmanMidge Korczak & Hal OsteenLouise LindseyGeorge MacNicholStephen MarstersJohn Matthews, Jr. EstateDonald P. & Purnee McCourtLouis & Dorothy Meister FoundationBrian & Debra MenkMitchell & Maggie MorrisseyStanley G. MowryPeter D. NusbaumDaniel & Susan PaulienLeslie PenvoseThomas & Ann Feldman PerillePhyllis PostlewaitSarah RoachJeremy & Susan ShamosTrish & Steve ShapiroAllen SparkmanLacey StevensonJean Sutherland

Everything we do at Rocky Mountain PBS and KUVO is thanks to the generous financial support of individuals, foundations, and businesses that underwrite programming. In fact, more than 90% of our funding comes from you. Whether you support us because of programming and in-depth, investigative journalism through Rocky Mountain PBS or unparalleled jazz on KUVO, we are grateful for all you do. Thank you.

*The following names reflect gifts made to Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network during Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015).

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Joseph & Irene SzyliowiczBeatrice TaplinDennis & Joanna TrescottElliot TurnerWilliam ViottJoe & Judi WagnerLarned A. Waterman, Jr. & Paul S. MesardSteve & Lenna WatsonLothar WittQian Wu

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Kenneth & Judith SimonEnid W. SlackAnita & Kevin SmithRichard & Pamela SmithRonald SmithMaryjo SmithMyron SmithCindy SpearKathleen & Thomas SpeedMarion SpenglerBarbara SpindlerSteve StansfieldBill & Diane SteenBrooke & Hap Stein FundVikki StevensPeter StevensonJoyce StockleyStone Family FoundationCarolyn StrandSeth StroteAnn & John Struthers, Jr.Pat StrykerJim & Sue SwansonNatae SwansonTim & Patti SwopeBeverly TallyJohn TarrMarilyn & Peter TaylorNorman TaylorLisa TessarowiczWilliam TheimerMary Ann ThompsonNancy ThompsonRoss ThompsonThomas ThorntonChrissy ThorpeScott TinkerKristine ToddCatherine TrejoAndrzej TrieblingDebra TuchmanHoward & Susan TuretzkyDan & Carolina TurnquistNiki TuttleUS Bank FoundationBuzz & George Ann VictorJonathan WalcottMargie & Robert W. WandelMargaret WellsMarsha WertzbergerPaul R. & Anna Lee White Family Chairtable TrustAlex WiegersSean WillardMerrily WilliamsRobert & Eunice WilliamsJimmy Winokur

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Underwriters and Program Sponsors100% Chiropractic1940’s Ball5280 CremationsAARPAblaze Group Inc.Absolute DanceAEG Live Rocky MountainsAKA ProductionsAll Copy ProductsAll Pro Moving and StorageAllscopeDirectAlpine BankAlpine Bank Eagle CountyAltitude SteelAmerican Advertising Federation - Colorado SpringsAmerican College of Nurse MidwivesAmerican Legion 151American Society of Civil Engineers - Southern Colorado ChapterAmericatus New World Italian

ANB Bank Financial ServicesAndrew Hudson’s Job ListAnythink LibrariesApplied Trust Engineering, Inc.Arapahoe County Early Childhood CouncilArt Center / Western Colorado Center for the ArtsArvada Center for the Performing ArtsASLA ColoradoBack to Health Wellness CenterBalistreri VineyardsBar DoughBarbara and CompanyBarnhart CommunicationsBaur’s Listening LoungeBaur’s RestaurantBD Mongolian Barbecue Beast & BottleBechtel CorporationBennington Johnson LLCBestway DisposalBiker Jims Dogs Black Hills EnergyBlakely + CompanyBlue Skies Exploration AcademyBlue Star RecyclersBLW Spiritual VoicesBonanno ConceptsBonfils-Stanton FoundationBookcliff Barbershop Harmony ChorusBoulder ChoraleBoulder TheaterBrazilian Capoeira LLC.Breckenridge Creative ArtsBreckenridge Music FestivalBroomfield Cultural Affairs DivisionBrownstein Hyatt Farber and SchreckBubba’s 33Burrito GiantCahoots CommunicationsCampbell EwaldCapital Business Systems, Inc.Care and ShareCastle MarneCatamount InstituteCenter for Nonprofit ExcellenceCenter for the Arts EvergreenCentral City OperaCentura HealthCFMAF - Martial Arts and FitnessChalat Hatten, and Banker PCCheba Hut Check Off ColoradoChevron CorporationChildren’s Diabetes FoundationChildren’s Hospital Colorado

Children’s MuseumChildren’s Museum of Denver at Marsico CampusChile VerdeCity of Denver Public WorksCity of GoldenCity of Grand Junction, Parks and Recreation Dept.City of Grand Junction, Two Rivers Convention and Avalon TheatreCity of GreeleyCity of Loveland - Rialto TheaterCJ ElectricClassic FacetsClean n GreenCleo Parker Robinson DanceClinica TepeyacClyfford Still MuseumCobb & AssociatesCoBiz FinanicalColorado BalletColorado Chautauqua National Historic LandmarkColorado Connections AcademyColorado Education AssociationColorado HumanitiesColorado Jazz Repertory OrchestraColorado Mesa UniversityColorado Music FestivalColorado NonProfit AssociationColorado ParentColorado Potter’s Guild Colorado Railroad MuseumColorado School of Public HealthColorado ShinesColorado Springs CateringColorado Springs Downtown Development AuthorityColorado Springs House of BounceColorado Springs IndependentColorado Springs Obstetrics & GynecologyColorado Springs Pioneers MuseumColorado Springs School District 11Colorado Springs UtilitiesColorado State LibraryColorado State UniversityColorado SymphonyColorado Technical UniversityColorado Women’s Chamber of CommerceColorado’s Touchstone Energy CooperativesColumbine & Company, Inc.ComcastCONO - Council of Neighbors and Organizations

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Consignment of CollectablesCool Mountain Kids Pediatric DentistryCorpus Christi Catholic SchoolCottonwood Center for the ArtsCreative Avenues & Revolution DanceCreative NeedleCrescendo Fine AudioCSD & Co.CSU-PuebloCSU-Pueblo Mass CommCU PresentsCumbres & Toltec Scenic RailroadCurious TheatreDalby, Wendland & Co., PCDazzle JazzDelta Dental of ColoradoDenver Arthritis ClinicDenver Arts & VenuesDenver Botanic GardensDenver Center for Estate Planning & Elder LawDenver Center for the Performing ArtsDenver Community Federal Credit UnionDenver Film SocietyDenver Folklore CenterDenver Health Medical PlanDenver Museum of Nature & ScienceDenver Preschool ProgramDenver Public LibraryDenver WaterDependable CleanersDinosaur Resource CenterDion’s PizzaDonor AllianceDORADouglas County LibrariesDPS / DenverFellows.comDr. Andy SweetDrum City GuitarlandEarly Connections Learning CenterEKS&HEl Paso County Public HealthElitch GardensElizabeth Gilbert AppearanceEllicott Wildlife Rehabilitation CenterEmico MediaEmpower Media MarketingEnergy Outreach ColoradoEnstrom Candies, Inc.Evergreen Jazz FestivalEvergreen Music FestivalEvolution Communications AgencyExplore CommunicationsFamily Health WestFCI Constructors IncFine Arts Foundation

Fire on the Mountain FirstBankFlesher-Hinton Music CoFlipshackFriends of Colorado Springs JazzFrijoles ColoradoGastroenterology Associates of Western ColoradoGay & Lesbian Fund for ColoradoGelu Italian IceGirl Scouts of Colorado (COS Office)Glen Eyrie Conference CenterGlobal Village AcademyGrand Events and Party RentalsGrand Junction Downtown PartnershipGrand Junction Economic PartnershipGrand Junction Symphony OrchestraGrand Junction Visitor & Convention BureauGrande River Vineyards WineryGreeley Blues JamHammersmith Management, Inc.Harmony: A Colorado ChoraleHarrison School District 2Haystack Mountain Goat DairyHealth SolutionsHerb’s BarHigh Desert Martial Arts-Martial Arts Research SystemsHilltop Community ResourcesHistory ColoradoHolland AmericaHome Loan & InvestmentHopscotch BakeryHutch and Spoon Infinite Aegis/Rocky Mountain Urgent CareInnovAgeInnovation Arts & EntertainmentInside the OrchestraInspire Dance CompanyInteger GroupISU InsuranceJax Fish HouseJazz @ JacksJimanos Pizzeria John McConnell Math and Science CenterJolley SmilesJoy Wine and SpiritsJunior League of DenverK12 Online SchoolsKAFM 88.1 - Public RadioKaiser Permanente Colorado SpringsKarsh and HaganKeystone ResortKids Rock Pediatric Dentistry

Kitchen Table Cooking SchoolKolorado ResourcesKRCC-FM/Radio Colorado CollegeKroenke Sports EntertainmentLakewood Cultural CenterLandmark Christian PreschoolLaw Offices of Mardi Moore PCLeadville Colorado & Southern RailroadLeaptieLearning RXLenaLending CorpLending CorpListen Up, DenverLittle IndiaLittle Man Ice CreamLone Tree Arts CenterLongmont Jazz AssociationLucero Financial GroupLuke’s A Steak Place MACC (Mizel Center for Arts and Culture)Mad GreensMcDonald’s KTSCMedia VisionsMeet The Middle EastMercury CafeMesa County LibrariesMesa Mall / SimonMesa OrthodonticsMetropolitan Jazz OrchestraMetropolitan State University of DenverMike Shaw SubaruMile High Early LearningMills EntertainmentMoes Broadway Monarch SocietyMontgomery & Steward Funeral DirectorsMorgan County TourisimMorgan County TourisimMount Vernon Country ClubMountain Song Community SchoolMountain States Employers CouncilMusic Appreciation SocietyMusic in the MountainsMyers Sewing Machine CompanyNatural GrocersNew York LifeNewman Center for the Performing ArtsNo Coast SushiNocturne Jazz & Supper ClubNonesuch RecordsNoosa YoghurtNorth Coast Brewing Company, Inc.

NoshNPM - National Public MediaNRPR LLCOctober 2015 Pledge FoodOffice of Children’s AffairsOMD / PrometheusOpera ColoradoOphelia’s Electric SoapboxOster JewelersOutlets Castle RockPablo’s Pizza - FruitaPACE Parker Arts Culture & EventsPalisade Bluegrass and Roots FestivalParady Financial GroupParamount PicturesParenting Matters of El Paso CountyParkview Medical CenterPatterson InnPediatric Dental SpecialistsPhamalyPiatti Ristorante and BarPicnic Basket Catering Co.Pikes Peak Arts CouncilPikes Peak CenterPikes Peak Children’s MuseumPikes Peak Library DistrictPikes Peak or Bust RodeoPILGRIM Advertising and Digital MarketingPipkin Braswell Funeral HomePublic Broadcast Marketing Inc.Public Service Credit UnionPueblo Community CollegePueblo Union DepotPueblo ZooPushkin Public RelationsQuality Custom Woodwork, Inc.RacinesRed Energy Public Relations & AdvertisingRelish CateringRenewal by Andersen of ColoradoRepublic ServicesRocklands EntertainmentRocky Mountain Audio FestRocky Mountain Health Care ServicesRocky Mountain Health PlansRocky Mountain SanitationRocky Mountain Sewing & Vacuum LLCRosemark at Mayfair ParkRosenbergs SafeSplash Swim School (Colorado Springs)Sage Restaurant GroupSam Mayfield BandSangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center

Sangre Nueva BandScanhope Sound Recording StudioSE2SeriesfestShare Our StrengthShaw ConstructionSmile GenerationSmokebrushSmooth Jazz LoversSoiled Dove UndergroundSony PicturesSparkFun ElectronicsSpices CaféSpin CitySprings Studio for Academic ExcellenceSt. Mary’s HospitalSt. Mary’s Hospital FoundationSterling RiceStickley, Audi & COSturm Family FoundationSummit Jazz FoundationSunrise Pediatric DentistrySwallow Hill MusicSweet CelebrationsTagawa Garden CenterTalon Wine BrandsTamales by la Casita Tattered Cover IncTelluride Jazz FestivaLThayer MediaThe Crimson RoomThe Fort and Tesoro Cultural CenterThe Hearing & Tinnitus CenterThe Nature ConservancyThe PaletteThe Trinchera FoundationThe Vail DietTIAATony P’s RestaurantTrinidaddio Blues Fest, Inc.Tryba ArchitectsTwist and Shout RecordsUNC/GreeleyUndici RistoranteUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Center for Bioethical MedicineUniversity of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human DevelopmentUniversity of Colorado Department of AthleticsUniversity of Colorado Executive ProgramsUniversity of Denver Morgridge College of EducationUniversity of the Rockies

US Air Force Academy AthleticsUS BankVail Film FestivalVail Jazz FestivalVectra Bank Colorado N.A.Visit Estes ParkVladimir Jones AgencyWaddell & ReedWalter’s PizzeriaWeekend of JazzWestern Dairy AssociationWestern Rockies Federal Credit UnionWestern Slope Center For ChildrenWestminster Jazz & Art FestivalWhole Foods MarketsWillow Creek RestaurantWinter Park & Fraser ChamberWomen’s Foundation of ColoradoWoodrow MediaWork & ClassWorking Man MusicWorld Trade Center DenverXcel Energy SoCoYazoo BBQYMCA of the Pikes Peak RegionZ-Ultimate Self Defense StudiosZaidy’s

While we make every effort to list donors accurately and completely, there may be inaccuracies and omissions. We sincerely apologize for any errors.

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EXPENSE SUMMARY FY16SOURCES OF REVENUE AND SUPPORT FY16

Revenues & Support FY16* FY15*

Contributions from Individuals 10,802,000 9,221,000

Underwriting Contracts 1,680,000 1,763,000

Community Service Grants (CSGs) from Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)

2,063,000 1,970,000

Other Grants 1,511,000 1,672,000

In-kind Donations 395,000 432,000

Events (net of expenses) 140,000 60,000

Service Fees & Rental 372,000 400,000

Other 64,000 77,000

Total Revenues and Support $17,027,000 $15,595,000

Operating Expenses

Programming & Production 6,121,000 5,546,000

Broadcasting 2,935,000 2,932,000

Public Information 520,000 436,000

Supporting Services 6,238,000 6,434,000

Building & Capital Campaign Expenses 137,000

Total Operating Expenses $15,951,000 $15,348,000

Excess/(Deficit) of Revenue & Support over Operating Expenses

$1,076,000 $247,000

Non-Operating Sources (Expense) FY16* FY15*

Depreciation & Amortization & Loss on Asset Disposal

(921,690) (1,086,000)

Net Gain/(Loss) on Investments (364,560) 11,000

Change in Net Assets $(212,000) $(828,000)

Components of Net Assets

Undesignated 17,433,000 18,374,000

Temporarily Restricted 1,349,000 622,000

Permanently Restricted 232,000 230,000

Total Net Assets $19,014,000 $19,226,000

* Represents audited consolidated financial statements

Programming, Production & Broadcasting........

Fundraising

General & Administrative

Public Information

Contributions from Individuals

Underwriting Contracts

CSG from CPB

Other Grants

In-kind Donations

Service Fees & Rental

Events (net of expenses) & Other Income

31%

9%

3%

57%

63%

10%

2%2%

>1%12%

9%

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