KALW Board, Governance, & Finances

KALW PUBLIC MEDIA (KPM)

KALW Public Media, Inc. is a non-profit entity recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization with ID #84-3580297, and is governed by a volunteer board of directors:

• Laura Saponara (KPM Board Chair), Consultant to Nonprofits, and Chair of the KPM Board
  
• Joseph Creitz (KPM Treasurer) Attorney, Creitz & Serebin, LLP
  
• Harley K. Dubois, Chief Culture Officer, Burning Man, and Vice Chair of the KPM Board
  
• Ken Ikeda, Co-founder of Studiotobe, a media strategy and production
  
• Kyung Jin Lee, Freelance Public Radio Reporter and Producer
  
• Martina Castro, Founder & CEO of Adonde Media
  
• Shereen Marisol Meraji, audio producer, journalism professor, head of audio at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
  
• Subbu Vincent, Director of Journalism and Media Ethics at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
  
• James Kass, Executive Director and Ex-officio Member of the Board
  

KALW Public Media is responsible for the operation, fundraising, distribution, and administration of the radio station KALW 91.7FM and its online content. It does so through a Production Services Operational Agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the FCC broadcast license holder of record. You can contact the board of directors by emailing board@kalw.org.

READ ABOUT KPM'S BOARD MEMBERS

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (SFUSD)

The KALW 91.7FM FCC license is held by the San Francisco Unified School District. The SFUSD Board of Education is the governing board of SFUSD. As of April 2024, the commissioners are: President Lainie Motamedi, Vice-President Matt Alexander, and Commissioners Kevine Boggess, Alida Fisher, Jenny Lam, Mark Sanchez, and Lisa Weissman-Ward. Board meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, except in July and August, when there are no meetings. Dates and times of upcoming meetings can be found here. The SFUSD Board of Education does not participate in the operations, programming, content, and editorial decision-making of KALW's on-air schedule.

Executive Director, James Kass oversees programming, development, and all station operations. James can be contacted directly at james.kass@kalw.org and at 415-841-4121.

CURRENT YEAR FINANCIAL AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

• FY22-23 Audited Financial Statements
  
• FY2023 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Annual Financial Report
  
• TY2021 IRS Form 990
  

PREVIOUS YEAR'S FINANCIAL AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

Audited Financial Statements for previous years
FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019, FY2018, FY2017, FY2016, and FY2015.

Annual Financial Reports from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for previous years FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019, FY2018, FY2017, FY2016, and FY2015.

IRS Form 990 for the previous year TY2020.

FCC PUBLIC INSPECTION FILE

The Federal Communications Commission requires that the stations it licenses maintain a public inspection file with information about the station's license, ownership, and public service programming.

KALW's public inspection file, including the FCC Equal Employment Opportunity reports, is now hosted on the FCC website. You can access that file here.