An Excerpt from the Twin Cities PBS FY25 Report to the Community
September 1, 2024 – December 31, 2025
Fiscal Year In Review
Celebrating Founder’s Society Members Leadership gifts of $50,000 or more provide resources to help engage, inform, and inspire our communities. Thank you!
Because of you, in FY25, Twin Cities PBS: • Delivered trusted, local journalism and civic engagement during a year when access to credible information mattered more than ever. • Expanded learning resources and educator training to ensure students, teachers, and caregivers had the tools to navigate a changing information landscape. • Deepened our investment in local storytelling, preserving and sharing Minnesota’s history, arts, and culture at a time when local perspectives needed amplification. • Brought people together — online, on-air, and in- person — demonstrating that connection is a powerful public service.
September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 In FY25, Twin Cities PBS advanced our mission during one of the most consequential moments in our organization’s history. Even as public media faced challenges across the nation — including the loss of federal funding and closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) — our community affirmed something powerful: Minnesotans believe in public media, and they believe in Twin Cities PBS. With the support of viewers, members, educators, and partners, we continued to deliver trusted programming, educational leadership, and local storytelling that strengthens our region. FY25 was defined not only by uncertainty, but also by resilience, innovation, and a groundswell of community support that made one theme abundantly clear: Public media matters here.
Anonymous (5) Ameriprise Financial Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Foundation Ellen Archibald F.R. Bigelow Foundation Black Public Media Bush Foundation Elizabeth B. Cameron, MD/Drennen Bros Hauser Foundation of The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation The Cargill Foundation Ellen L. Conway Charitable Fund Vanessa Dayton/The Caleb Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Mary C. Gale/John Gale Memorial Foundation Lorraine R. Hart The John & Ruth Huss Fund Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation JTB Family Foundation Martha E. MacMillan James Marty in memory of Dr. David A. Marty & Arthur Hetherington McKnight Foundation Alida R. Messinger
Margaret Murphy Janet Putnam
Rinek Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Erik & Elizabeth Ritman RRF Foundation for Aging The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation James Schenz & Miriam Simmons Schott Foundation Robert & Lorna Schultz Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Leland (Stan) Scofield, Jr. in loving memory of Leland & Bea Scofield Scrooby Foundation Sit Investment Associates Foundation May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust John* & Jennine Speier Rick & Susan Taylor Spielman Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Thiner Family Charitable Trust Vision Maker Media Frank* & Laurel Winsor
Twin Cities PBS By the Numbers
125,203 Total Members
73,588
44,000+
Sustaining Members
Followers added to our social media accounts
*In Remembrance
632,500
100,000
173,614,008
Average monthly general audience broadcast viewers
Average monthly kids broadcast viewers
Streams* of Twin Cities PBS content
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We also recognize our President’s Society members who give gifts of $10,000 to $49,999 annually. Thank you! View the full list at TPT.org/donorlist To learn more about this community of philanthropists, contact the Giving Team at 651.229.1410 or visit TPT.org/philanthropy
1,114
203,588
11,500+
Streams of Twin Cities PBS educational content on PBSLearningMedia.org
Educators trained during local and national Twin Cities PBS educational outreach
Children and family members reached through in-person educational events
*Streams include the PBS and other OTT apps, TPT.org and PBS.org, and YouTube content
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