National Museum of Broadcasting
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to tell the amazing story of how the second mass media revolution got started in Pittsburgh in 1920 with AM radio and how the media evolved from there into many ever-more-powerful forms over the years. In so doing, we will celebrate the technologists and business visionaries who make it happen, evoke awe for the wondrous technology, inspire and educate young people and showcase Pittsburgh as a high-tech center past, present and future.
- Income
- $175,088
- Spending
- $24,427
- Reserves
- 76.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $24,427 spent. Our mission is to tell the amazing story of how the second mass media revolution got started in Pittsburgh in 1920 with AM radio and how the media evolved from there into many ever-more-powerful forms over the years. In so doing, we will celebrate the technologists and business visionaries who make it happen, evoke awe for the wondrous technology, inspire and educate young people and showcase Pittsburgh as a high-tech center past, present and future. Over the past 25 years, we have been investigating and collecting artifacts from the history of broadcasting with the idea of starting a museum about radio. As OUR website attests, our ambition has grown over the years and we now want to show how broadcasting was only the opening act for the much larger story of mass electronic media.OUR GOALS INCLUDE:Teach the history and technology of electronic mass mediaRekindle a sense of wonder in media technologyInstill an appreciation for the media businessRecognize the people who made it all happenInspire the next generation of high-tech leaders in all fieldsProvide facilities for training in media arts and technologyCelebrate Pittsburgh as a high-tech hub, past, present and future
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1987.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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