Community Wireless of Park City Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
KPCW'S MISSION IS TO SERVE SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTIES WITH LOCAL NEWS, INFORMATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH ITS BROADCAST SIGNAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THE STATION IS ALSO COMMITTED TO PROVIDE ITS COMMUNICATION ABILITIES TO HELP OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY SUCCEED.
- Income
- $2.2 million
- Spending
- $2.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 62%
- Reserves
- 10.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 67%
- Employees
- 50
- Volunteers
- 180
- Highest pay
- $109,725, president, general manager
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 4% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1561% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 31 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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 (5)
- $980,151 spent. KPCW IS THE ONLY NON-PROFIT SOURCE OF DAILY LOCAL NEWS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ACROSS SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTIES. AS OUR REGION HAS GROWN SO HAS KPCW, BROADCASTING FROM THE SPENCER F. ECCLES BROADCAST CENTER IN PARK CITY VIA THREE FREQUENCIES, 91.7 FM, 88.1 FM AND 91.9 FM ALONG WITH 24/7 DIGITAL STREAMING ON OUR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP. BEYOND BEING SIMPLY AN NPR AFFILIATE, KPCW STRIVES TO BE AN ANCHOR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT LISTENS DEEPLY, SURFACES UNTOLD STORIES, PRESENTS FACT-BASED INFORMATION THAT BUILDS AWARENESS, EMPATHY, AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. KPCW DEDICATES 27 HOURS PER WEEK TO IN-DEPTH LOCAL NEWS AND INTERVIEWS WITH CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, AND NON-PROFITS SERVING THE COMMUNITY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) ADDITIONALLY, KPCW PROVIDES UP-TO THE MINUTE INFORMATION ABOUT IMMEDIATE ISSUES AFFECTING OUR LISTENERS SUCH AS SEVERE WEATHER, POWER OUTAGES, ROAD CONDITIONS, AND REGIONAL EMERGENCIES LIKE WILDFIRES AND BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHES. KPCW LOCAL NEWS AIRS WEEKDAYS WITH LOCAL NEWS CUT-INS BETWEEN 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM, LIVE INTERVIEWS DURING THE LOCAL NEWS HOUR BETWEEN 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM, 12 PM - 12:30 PM AND 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM DURING THE LOCAL VIEW WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF MUSIC, AND LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS. DURING THE LOCAL VIEW LOCAL NEWSCASTS ARE AIRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER NPR HEADLINES AT THE TOP OF THE HOURS AND HALF HOURS. THESE NEWSCASTS FEATURE THE TOP STORIES OF THE DAY, INCLUDING ANY BREAKING NEWS THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED SINCE KPCW'S MORNING OR NOON NEWS SHOWS. WE ALSO AIR LOCAL NEWS REPORTS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS IN COMBINATION WITH WEEKEND EDITION FROM NPR. WHAT MAKES KPCW PROGRAMMING SO UNIQUE IS NOT ONLY THE HYPER-LOCAL NATURE OF WHAT WE COVER, BUT THE FACT THAT WE TRANSCRIBE AND POST ALL NEWS STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP WITHOUT A PAYWALL. THIS MEANS THAT KPCW CONTENT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. WE DON'T ASK WEBSITE USERS TO REGISTER ON KPCW.ORG WHICH IS NEARLY UNHEARD OF IN THE WORLD OF ONLINE MEDIA, MAKING IT EASY AND FREE FOR SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTY RESIDENTS - AND ANYONE AROUND THE WORLD INTERESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR AREA - TO ACCESS KPCW CONTENT 24/7 365 DAYS A YEAR. KPCW PRODUCES A FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER, THE LOCAL, DELIVERING THE TOP HEADLINES EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 8 AM WITH A WEEKEND EDITION ON SUNDAY. THE NEWSLETTER HAS MORE THAN 6,500 SUBSCRIBERS AND THE STATION RECEIVES TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE NEWS EACH DAY ON THE RADIO AND APPRECIATE GETTING CAUGHT UP VIA EMAIL. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND ENGAGEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPCW.ORG. THE AVERAGE OPEN RATE FOR OUR E-NEWSLETTER IS ABOUT 62% AND OUR UNSUBSCRIBE RATE IS JUST 0.02%.
- $209,556 spent. EACH WEEK, KPCW BRINGS LISTENERS MORE THAN 80 HOURS OF INTENTIONALLY ECLECTIC MUSIC. EVERY FRIDAY, WE FEATURE TWELVE NEW SONGS IN THE KPCW MUSIC LIBRARY AT THE TOP OF EVERY HOUR. SELECTED TRACKS ARE NEW RELEASES BY FAVORITE OR NEWLY EMERGING ARTISTS OR DEEP CUTS CAREFULLY SELECTED TO SUIT OUR ECLECTIC SOUND. ANNUALLY, WE PURCHASE MORE THAN 1,000 SONGS TO ADD TO OUR PLAY LIST. FOR CONTEXT, MOST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS PLAY THE SAME 500 SONGS REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED PRIMARILY ON CHART PERFORMANCE. OUR SONG LIBRARY ON AVERAGE FEATURES SOME 15,000 TRACKS, INCLUDING NUMEROUS LOCAL ARTISTS AND BANDS AND AN EVER-EXPANDING PLAYLIST OF CONTEMPORARY/NEW MUSIC, ROCK, BLUES, REGGAE, FOLK AND WORLD MUSIC.
- $207,300 spent. IN ADDITION TO AIRING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS, KPCW IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATING AND INFORMING LISTENERS WITH OUR OWN LOCALLY-PRODUCED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS. THESE FEATURE 2-3 INTERVIEWS PER SHOW AND AIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, WITH A FOCUS ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE (MOUNTAIN MONEY), THE ENVIRONMENT (THIS GREEN EARTH), HEALTHY LIVING (THE MOUNTAIN LIFE), SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (COOL SCIENCE RADIO) AND OUR NEWEST SHOW CALLED THE COMMUNITY CAMPFIRE FEATURING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES & LOCAL MUSIC. OUR PUBLIC AFFAIR SHOWS FEATURE JUDICIAL OFFICIALS, FINANCIAL ADVOCATES, EDUCATORS, DOCTORS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, LEGAL MEDIATORS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALISTS AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE AND MUSICIANS THAT MAKE THE WASATCH BACK THE AMAZING PLACE IT IS. On Friday and Saturday nights, KPCW airs jazz music in conjunction with NPR's Jazz Night in America. ON SUNDAY EVENINGS KPCW AIRS ALT LATINO. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) ALT LATINO IS A WEEKLY NPR PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTING THE WORLD OF LATINX ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC, STORIES AND CONVERSATIONS. ALL OF KPCW'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS ARE BROADCAST AND STREAMED LIVE, AND THEN ARCHIVED AS AUDIO FILES ON OUR WEBSITE AND AS PODCAST EPISODES ON A VARIETY OF PODCAST PLATFORMS.
- $47,459 spent. A KEY PILLAR OF KPCW'S MISSION IS TO SERVE AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR NONPROFITS ACROSS SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTIES. WE OFFER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DISCOUNTED UNDERWRITING AT 20% BELOW COMMERICAL RATES, AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING TO OUR AUDIENCE. BEYOND INTERVIEWING THESE ORGANZIATIONS FOR LOCAL NEWS STORIES AND ON OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS, NONPROFITS CAN POST EVENT DETAILS, PROGRAMMING UPDATES, AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT NO CHARGE ON THE KPCW COMMUNITY CALENDAR. OUR DJS READ NEARLY 12,000 OF THESE CALENDAR POSTS AS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSAS) EACH YEAR, TOTALING MORE THAN $300,000 IN FREE AIRTIME VALUE FOR AREA NONPROFITS ANNUALLY AND WE OFFER FREE UNDERWRITING CREDIT TO NONPROFITS THAT JOIN US FOR OUR BIANNUAL PLEDGE DRIVES, SAVING THEM CRITICAL MARKETING EXPENDITURES AS THEY WORK TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONSTITUENCIES THEY SERVE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, KPCW AWARDED NEARLY $80,000 IN FREE UNDERWRITING CREDITS AS OUR WAY OF THANKING LOCAL NONPROFITS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR 2025 PLEDGE DRIVES.
- (Expenses $ 47,459 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 0) A KEY PILLAR OF KPCW'S MISSION IS TO SERVE AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR NONPROFITS ACROSS SUMMIT AND WASATCH COUNTIES. WE OFFER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DISCOUNTED UNDERWRITING AT 20% BELOW COMMERICAL RATES, AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING TO OUR AUDIENCE. BEYOND INTERVIEWING THESE ORGANZIATIONS FOR LOCAL NEWS STORIES AND ON OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS, NONPROFITS CAN POST EVENT DETAILS, PROGRAMMING UPDATES, AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT NO CHARGE ON THE KPCW COMMUNITY CALENDAR. OUR DJS READ NEARLY 12,000 OF THESE CALENDAR POSTS AS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSAS) EACH YEAR, TOTALING MORE THAN $300,000 IN FREE AIRTIME VALUE FOR AREA NONPROFITS ANNUALLY AND WE OFFER FREE UNDERWRITING CREDIT TO NONPROFITS THAT JOIN US FOR OUR BIANNUAL PLEDGE DRIVES, SAVING THEM CRITICAL MARKETING EXPENDITURES AS THEY WORK TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONSTITUENCIES THEY SERVE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, KPCW AWARDED NEARLY $80,000 IN FREE UNDERWRITING CREDITS AS OUR WAY OF THANKING LOCAL NONPROFITS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR 2025 PLEDGE DRIVES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1978.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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