A MESSAGE to our MEMBERS Mark Leonard
Nebraska’s PBS & NPR® Stations
At the end of NET’s fiscal year each June 30, our accountants balance the books, measure performance against our budget and assure proper financial management. We also assess NET’s accomplishments during the past 12 months. This annual report is a summary of that reflection, and we are proud to share the results with you.
We’re fortunate that our financial position remains solid, with no operating deficit and no debt. I want to thank each of you for your generous gifts. This past fiscal year marks the third straight year of growth from members and contributors. You provide a dependable and growing source of revenue for NET.
The University of Nebraska remains a critical contributor to NET’s success, providing not only financial support, but also access to world-class research and outstanding students. Backyard Farmer is the most visible outgrowth of this collaboration, along with the Platte Basin Timelapse project and several others.
The State of Nebraska continues to support our statewide services through infrastructure. A major highlight of the year was restoring full-power public television service to a large portion of the Panhandle. Replacing the fallen antenna on NET’s KTNE/Alliance tower was no small undertaking, as we discovered in great detail. Thank you to all of our patient viewers and members in that region. We know from your steady flow of e-mails, phone calls and letters that you missed watching NET.
In terms of achievement, the year was full of highlights. We broadcast three Omaha episodes of Antiques Roadshow, as well as a local look behind-the-scenes at PBS’s original treasure-hunting show. In partnership with several organizations, NET convened conversations to identify common and unique issues affecting Nebraska’s rural school districts.
In June, we traveled to western Nebraska to hear your ideas about how NET can more effectively serve your local communities. It was also a chance to share some of our most popular programs – Backyard Farmer, Friday LIVE and Nebraska Stories. We learned a lot and plan to continue these listening tours in other parts of the state.
We know you enjoy high-quality PBS and NPR programming on NET, as well as our outstanding local productions. Telling the stories of Nebraska and linking our state to the world is what we do best, and the reason you trust us with your generous gifts. We thank you for your investment in NET and our future.
Mark Leonard NET General Manager & CEO 2 2015-2016 Fiscal Year Financials (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016)
OPERATING REVENUES
PUBLIC FUNDS State Appropriations 46.5% $10,500,000 Federal Community Support Grants 13.9% $3,150,000 68.6% University Appropriations 8.2% $1,850,000 PRIVATE FUNDS
Individual Contributions 15.9% $ 3,600,000 Grants, Contracts & Underwriting 12.4% $ 2,800,000 28.3% SELF-GENERATED Other 3.1% $700,000
3.1% TOTAL REVENUE 100% $ 22,600,000
OPERATING EXPENSES
NETWORK AND STATION OPERATIONS Engineering 22.1% $ 4,900,000 Managerial & Administrative Support 10.8% $2,400,000 42.5% Building Maintenance & Utilities 6.7% $ 1,500,000 Information Technology Support 2.9% $ 650,000
PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION Television 34.7% $ 7,700,000 Multimedia & Education 5.0% $ 1,100,000 46.4% Radio 4.0% $ 900,000 Program Information & Communications 2.7% $ 600,000
REVENUE GENERATION 11.1% Fundraising & Development 8.6% $1,900,000 Business Development 2.5% $ 550,000
TOTAL EXPENSES 100% $22,200,000
NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 3 NET is offering generations of Nebraskans a choice like no other in today’s crowded media landscape. NET tells the stories Each week, more than that capture our hearts one million people and imaginations – from enjoy TV and radio on the tiny hands that clap NET. It’s the outstanding with joy when Big Bird television you’ve trusted dances across the screen for 62 years, and the to lifelong learners who smart radio news, nurture an interest in lifestyle shows and music science, history and the that have accompanied arts on NOVA, Nature your busy days for more and Masterpiece. than 25 years.
Nebraska’s PBS & NPR® Stations
Yours, WILLA CATHER Willa Cather wrote some of the most unforgettable fiction of the 20th century. Such a But the voice of the private woman tells ravishing a more personal story, one NET told in the documentary Yours, Willa Cather. The world fascinating and vulnerable author is revealed and such a through masterfully written letters that were not destroyed, as originally thought by short life scholars, but instead survived, tucked away to see it in! in drawers, trunks and archives. – Willa Cather NET captured Cather’s written words for television and a radio series, and created digital assets including a website and e-book to share the history of the Nebraska author with an audience of all ages – eager to embrace stories shared by more modern technology. 4 Whether you live in NET NET Radio Alliance or Auburn, McCook or Macy, PBS and award-winning, NPR and popular locally produced public local music, news and O’Neill or Omaha, NET is television programs lifestyle features connecting Nebraskans in small towns and big NET World NET Nebraska App cities to each other and Live coverage of the Free, fast access to live the world. legislature, plus news and and on-demand television, public affairs television radio and digital content It’s our promise to you – and the reason NET Create NET Radio App you have chosen NET Cooking, how-to, Listen to either as your public media travel and lifestyle News/Classical (FM) station since 1954. television programs or News/Jazz (HD-2)
A Legislative Legacy NET believes the debate that echoes off the walls of Nebraska’s State Capitol is something all citizens should be able to hear. Since 1980, we’ve broadcast gavel-to-gavel television coverage on NET World. And today, that same legislative programming is supplemented with coverage of discussions among Nebraska Supreme Court justices and important public hearings. With a few clicks, all of our offerings can appear on your computer screen or mobile device, plus our news team provides analysis and perspective on radio.
The American public consistently rates PBS as the most trustworthy institution among nationally-known organizations. PBS NewsHour is an anchor for this high-quality journalism. Many stories produced by NET have been selected to be part of the PBS NewsHour – an indication that NET’s reporting is valued nationally, as well as right here in Nebraska.
NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 5 What happens to the brain during a concussion used to be a medical mystery, but research is clearing the way for more understanding.
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READING PROJECT creates CONNECTIONS A pilot project at Lakeview Elementary in Lincoln bridges language barriers, connects home and school, and encourages young readers.
Working with funding from a Ready To Learn grant, NET and preschool teachers collaborated on a learning project that involved translating books into five languages – Kurdish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Spanish and Albanian. More than 45 percent of Lakeview students are English Language Learners (ELL). The books could be read in either English as published, or from stickers featuring the first language of the student’s family. The State of Education in Nebraska With a community gap and encourage engagement tour to greater educational seven sites (Chadron, equality. Kimball, Auburn, O’Neill, Schuyler, Valentine More than 600 and Pender) in the fall citizens participated of 2015, NET and our in discussions at early partners continued to childhood education explore The State of workshops and strategy Education in Nebraska sessions facilitated – including ways to by the Nebraska narrow the achievement Association of School 6 NET first told the story of young lives changed by traumatic brain injuries in the 2014 documentary Concussions: Heading for Change. In 2015-16, NET created Concussion Recognition & Management, a website for the Nebraska Concussion Coalition designed to train licensed health care professionals about the science of concussions, how to recognize and manage them, and how to help coaches, parents and other adults minimize sports head injuries to protect our youth.
Small group lessons created by NET made the project turn-key for teachers and integrated technology by using appropriate PBS KIDS apps to coordinate with lessons in the books. The State of Education in Nebraska Boards. Community populations and leaders, educators, promoting strong school- students and the business relationships. general public identified strengths and challenges While improving such as encouraging education is still the students to return to catalyst for The State of their communities Education in Nebraska, after pursuing higher the series is broadening education, creating an its focus to include inclusive environment related issues. for emerging immigrant NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 7 ”Soak it in and enjoy it, rarely will you be part of a state championship team… soak it in.“ Jeff Berridge Coach
Nebraska’s PBS & NPR® Stations CONNECTING the places YOU CALL HOME
Texting, emailing and social media are the new ways to stay connected in our high-tech world. But, here in Nebraska, we haven’t forgotten that a handshake and a smile are the original ways to make a friend.
NET is dedicated to sharing stories that are uniquely Nebraska, and connecting our state to the world.
We hosted community engagement events across Western Nebraska during a summer road trip. We met enthusiastic viewers and listeners during radio broadcasts, a taping of Backyard Farmer, PBS KIDS family events, Town Talks with station leadership and screenings of Nebraska Stories.
8 Fewer than 800 people live in the tiny village of Winnebago in northeast Nebraska. The high school there didn’t have a reputation as a basketball powerhouse, but in a Cinderella season, the team won all but one game – earning themselves a spot in Nebraska’s NSAA Boys Basketball Championships.
The NET production Bago Boys tells the story of the team’s championship season, the challenges players faced on and off the court, and how a supportive, statewide crowd cheered Winnebago on to a Class C-1 state championship trophy – their first since 1940.
Lively conversation on NET’s Friday LIVE radio show highlighted music, art, literature and the artists who make it happen in each community. And, Nebraska’s Panhandle Showcase captured the sounds and stories of those inspired by the open spaces and natural beauty of their home.
NET is Nebraska’s Home for Sports!
Family and community are essential to the success of students and schools. When its “tournament time,” store windows and marquees sport “Take State” messages, and pep rallies send players off in style. But not everyone can make it to the big game, so stadium-sized television audiences turn to NET for high-quality, statewide sports coverage.
From Husker Volleyball to NSAA High School On Oct. 25, 1980, Championships, NET preserves the extraordinary NET was the first moments and delivers them to virtually every to present Husker home in the state. Volleyball to a Our award-winning team captures the competitive statewide audience. drama and reacts with smart analysis. NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 9 In just one year, NPR picked up nearly 20 radio news stories from NET and PBS NEWSHOUR broadcast five television reports – sharing our state with audiences around the nation.
Nebraska’s PBS & NPR® Stations THE STORY
Water shapes the Nebraska landscape and our lives here on the Great Plains
10 Agriculture from the Ground Up
Does it use more energy to make a meal from scratch or to get something already prepared and convenient? As the global population rises, will meat eaters see new alternatives on their plate? What is it like to grow up in farm country?
Harvest Public Media is reflecting Nebraska’s rich agricultural heritage by answering questions like these and cultivating stories from the ground up. Focusing on the issues of food, fuel and field, the reporting collaboration relies on a network of reporters at public media stations throughout the Midwest, including NET.
THE STORY of SCIENCE It is like a beloved character in the flow of a long, beautiful story – one that resonates with our state’s farmers and ranchers, people living in rural and urban areas, scientists and water sports enthusiasts.
NET examines the scientific story of a watershed in The Bugs in your begonias? Platte Basin Timelapse Project Trouble with tomatoes? (plattebasintimelapse.com), creating a Generations of Nebraska rich portrait of the region. More than 40 gardeners have trusted timelapse cameras document the story the Backyard Farmer of water as it moves across Colorado, lawn and garden Wyoming and Nebraska sustaining experts for advice about crops and cattle, hosting wildlife, their plant problems fueling power generators and supplying – sometimes weeds, drinking water. sometimes bugs – and sometimes mailed to Lifelong learners choose NET for high- NET in tiny, plastic bags. quality science and nature programs from PBS, and our local coverage Just finishing its 64th of agriculture, water, wildlife and season, Backyard environmental issues. Farmer is the longest running, locally- Smart, engaging stories on television, produced public radio and online reach people anytime, television series in anywhere. the country.
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Abel Foundation•• Clayton H. Brant Estate• Terri & Jack Diesing• Allen T. Freye •• Acklie Charitable Foundation• Sally Bredensteiner• Tanya & Blake Dillon•• Lynne A. Friedewald & Charles Mary Adam Estate• Leslie C. Brehm Estate• Barbara Dinsdale• Shoemaker•• Halcyon M. Allsman Estate• Clyde W. & Dorothy M. Brian Roy & Gloria Dinsdale• Friedland Family Foundation• Jane Alseth • Estate• Alice M. Dittman• Family Practice of Grand Island• Anne Urban Alt Estate• David & Helen Brooks• Sharon Doll• Dale Fuehring• Steve & Tammy Alvis Estate • Ruth & Eric Brown• Leslie B. & Karen Domina• Gardner Foundation• Ameritas Charitable Foundation• Gerald Bryant• Robert Donahue & M.L. Sherman• Richard & Thelma Gardner Estate• Harold* & Marian Andersen•• Laverne Buhr Estate• Donlan Foundation• Steve & Kathy Gealy• Elenita Anderson Estate• Ervin & Marianne Bull• Bob & Michelle Dudley• H. Lee* & Carol Gendler Charitable Gail K. Anderson*• Ann C. Burdette• Donna Dudley Estate• Fund•• Catherine Angle• Donald L. & Darlene A. Burgess• Jay L. & Shirley Dunlap• Carl & Marjorie Georgi Memorial Gloria Applegate• Ardis Burkholder• Frank Dupuis & Mary Teale Dupuis• Fund• Steve & Sara Arnett• Shirley Burton Estate• Edith Durst Estate• Jay Gerber & Ruth Wenzl-Gerber• Howard & Peggy Atkins• Violet P. Callaway Estate• Edwin M. Dusatko Estate• Naomi Getty• Catherine Axon• Jack D. & Sally Campbell• Sinda Dux• Chris & Joel Geyer• Paul & Anita Bachmann• David & Phyllis Carlson• Marcia Earnest Estate• Kenneth Gilles• Louise “Peppy” & Norman Bahr• The Reverends Sally & Greg William Eastwood• Maureen Glennon• Laverne & Maurice Edlund Estate• Carlson• Lillian D. & Wesley B. Eberhart Anne & Stephen Goddard• Richard W. Bailey• Carle Alexandria Carlisle Johnson Estate• Shirley Goldstein• Ellen W. Baldwin Estate• Estate• Theodore G. Baldwin Foundation• Joan Carnaby• William & Elsie Barrett• John Casey• July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 Mildred Barrett Estate• Sarah E. Caspersen Estate• Thank you to our donors Keith & Mary Bartels• Ken L. & Pat Cheloha•• Donald G. & Marilyn G. Bartling• Wendell P. Cheney Estate• James C. Ebers Estate• Kenneth Good Estate• Barb Base• Brian & Nancy Christensen• Robert J. & Carrie L. Ediger• Linda & Nelson Gordman• Ed Bates• Janet Christiansen• Margaret M. Ehmke Estate• Laverne Greathouse Estate• Rod & Robin Bates •• Michael & Becky Cintani• M. Eighmy Foundation• Roger Griesfeller Estate• Nick & Anne Baxter• Arline L. Clark Estate• Marilyn Eihusen• William & Sharon Griffin• Rachel Bayer Estate• Anne Coffey• Donald T. Eller Estate• Delores Grimm• Michael F. & Michelle Beach• Karen Colleran• Gerald J. Eller Estate• Neil & Joyce Grothen• Henry Beachell Estate• Gerald K. & Sharon M. Connealy• John & Tonee Erickson• Drs. Aileen & G. David Gruendel•• Jeffrey W. & Susan L. Beckman• Maurice & Cora Conner• Delbert Eustis Estate• Eldrick & Elsie Grummert Estate• Dale Behrens• Dianne Cook• Dana Falter• Jose E. & Foy Guevara Estate• Margaret Bennett• Pat Cook• Family Medicine Associates• Fred & Mary Anne Guggenmos• Dennis & Charlyne Berens• Richard H. & Winifred Cooper• Farmers State Bank• Mary Gurney• Tom & Mary Bernstein• Connie Coute• Robert D. Fiala• Clara L. Guthrie Estate• Margaret Berry & John Stevens Edwin T. Cox Jr. Estate• Ronald J. Fickler Estate• Nancy & Andrew Hadenfeldt• Berry• Dan & Sidnie Crawford• Charles Edgar Finertie, Jr. Estate• Douglas James Haggart• Rick Bevins• Katherine Creighton• Evaline A. Fisher Estate• Evelyn Haller• Josephine Bissell• Cynthia Anne Solomon Curry• Duane Fjellin Estate• Dr. Tom Hallstrom, Sr. & Mrs. Connie Bittfield• Timothy Daly• John H. & Karen B. Flowers• Dorothy Hallstrom• Mary Ann Blackledge• Donald M. David & Margaret Frank P. & Patricia S. Fogarty Cecilia & Tom Hallstrom, Jr.• Blue Stem Prairie Foundation• Hornady-David •• Memorial Fund• Renee A. Halsey• G. Steven Bock• Chip Davis• Jane Fogle• Assurity Life Insurance Anne Bohlke• Elizabeth Davis Estate• Glen & Nancy Forney•• Company• Jennie Borchert• Jack B. & Margaret Davis• Mildred G. Fossler• Hamilton Information Systems• Marshall Borchert• Lauren M. Davis• Willa Foster-Jones & Richard K. Debbie Hamlett• Marla Bouton• Leon F. & Janelle Davis• Jones• Lily G. & Robert Hans•• Boyd Family Foundation• Blaine D. & Jean A. Degraff• Mitzi M. Fox Estate• Grace Hansen Estate• Lane H. Brabham Estate• Wilfred & Audrey Devries• Robert C. Frank• Jim & Suzanne Harder• James R. & Carolyn Brandle• Janet Dieckgrafe• Louise Frederick• Jerry Harrenstein•
•THE JACK G. M cBRIDE SOCIETY The Jack G. McBride Society recognizes donors who contribute annual gifts of $1,200 or more to the NET Foundations for Television & Radio. These generous gifts allow NET to produce local television and radio programming, as well as digital content that educates, entertains and inspires one million Nebraskans each year. Loyal members of the JGM Society believe NET’s programs and services tell stories that preserve our heritage and culture for all citizens. NET founder and former general manager John “Jack” McBride led NET for 43 years. 12 For more information about making a gift to NET: netNebraska.org/members
Bill Harris* & MarySue Hormel Margaret O. & Oliver T. Joy Estate• Gilbert H. Litel, Jr. Estate• Harris• William L. & Brenda Jurgens• Kathleen & John F. Lohr• Mary Harvey• Gladys L. Kaiser• Susan Lowe• Randy & Judy Haug• Kay Lynn S. Kalkowski• Lozier Foundation• The Hawks Foundation• Lois Kammerlohr•• David Ludtke• Philip & Barbara Heckman• Kent Karley• Mrs. Larry Lusk• Kay Hegler• Kaufmann-Cummings Foundation• Deborah MacDonald• Mary Hendricks• Joan Kayton• Lorinda C. Magirl Estate• Charlene Henninger• Mary E. Keef Estate• Jan Mahlman• B. Keith & Norma F. Heuermann Richard & Helen Kelley• George* & Marjorie Manglitz• Foundation•• Dianne W. & Walker* Kennedy• Dr. Michelle K. Manning• Barbara A. Hibner Estate• Steve & Carrie Kiene• Bruce & Lisa Mansur• Marilyn R. Hill Estate• James P. Kineen• Jerry & Edith Marlatt• Robert C. Hillestad•• D.W. & Patricia Kingsley• Chris & Erin Masada• Jane G. Hines Estate• Daryl D. Kinkead Estate• Carolyn & Roger Massey• Jon Hinrichs• Patricia Kneale• Louis Mastny• R. L. & Joan Hodgson Estate• Robert E. Knoll* & Virginia Koehler Donald Maucher• Roger & Sharon Hoffman• Knoll• Kurt & Luann McBride• Jack & Sheryl Hohensee• Earl P. & Helen L. Knop Estate• Mrs. Jack McBride• Richard Holland*•• Arthur & Earlene Knox• Genevieve McClaskey• Allan & Ladonna McClure• Tina McCool & Cathy Homan• July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 Beckey J. Turner Estate• Thank you to our donors Duncan & Janice McGregor•• James McKee & Linda Neil & Kate Holstein• Katherine M. Koenig• Hillegass•• Elmer C.* & Margaret Holzrichter• Tony & Michelle Koester• Grace B. McKenzie• Jane Hood• Ted Kooser & Kathleen Rutledge• Ronald McKie Estate• Karen Horak• Robin & Ann Koozer• Margaret & Mike McMeekin• Robert F. Howell Estate• Richard & Joan Kopf• Harold & Elvira McMullen• Joseph L. & Joanne Hranac• John F. & Wende Kotouc• John R. & Linda McPhail• Richard & Kathleen Hranac• Don Ponyratz & M. J. Kramer• J. Paul & Eleanor McIntosh• Dr. Robin Huebner• Margery Krider• David L. & Dora B. Meyer• M. Jane Huerter & Richard Brad & Brenda Krivohlavek• Richard & Marsha Meyer• Jeffries• Robert & Myrna Krohn• Esther M. Miller Estate• Naomi* & Ron Hull• Barbara A. Kuhn• Kevin J. Miller• Elizabeth Hunt• Gretchen Lainson• J. Gates & Daisy Minnick• Jane & Hugh Hunt• Ardath E. & Brian A. Larkins• Kay Monson Estate• Mary L. Hunt Estate• Ella Larsen Estate• David & Marilyn Sue Moore• Mark R. & Deanna Hutchins• Roger T.* & Shirley M. Larson• Donna Moyer•• Marilyn Hutchinson• Marcia M. Lavally Estate• Aneta B. Murray Estate• Bell & Sharon Island• Paul G. Johnston* & Patricia Lillian Musil• Sheila Jackson• Leach• Robert & Phyllis Narveson• Dean & Maria Jacobsen• Witold Lehmann• Robert L. & Mary Nefsky• Paul & Barbara Jansen• Jerald Leidy• Stephen H. & Phyllis R. Nelsen• Betty* & Royal F. Jester, Jr.• Alberta Leising• Arlene Nelson• Dona & Edwin Johnson• Leeann Leonard• C. Roger & Lavonne Nelson• Linda K. Johnson• Mark Leonard• Jeffrey Nelson• Marleen Johnson• Gifford Leu• W. Don & Andrea Nelson• Robert Johnson• Marty Levitan & Lily Levitan Estate• Wesley & Allison L. Nespor• Mary Ann & Robert Johnson• Louis I.* & Rose Leviticus• William A. & Norma Nelson Irene Jones• Fred Lierley• Foundation• Charles A. Jones• Rita & Loren Lindahl• Jack M. Newell•
• FRIENDS OF THE FUTURE SOCIETY The Friends of the Future Society recognizes donors who establish bequests and planned gifts to the NET Foundations for Television & Radio. These endowed funds enable NET to pursue programming innovation and excellence that will benefit generations to come. Thank you to our donors who wish to remain anonymous. * Deceased NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 13 Nebraska’s PBS & NPR® Stations
Phyllis H. & E. Robert Newman Vance & Barbara Rogers Estate• Gene P. & Ann Spence Fund• Donald T. & Elizabeth W. Waggener Endowment• Harvey M. Roslund Estate• Lyle D. & Velma C. Spencer Estate• Estate• Wayne & Wanda Nielsen• Lynne & Elliott Rustad• Wayne & Susan Springer• Don & Bev Waite• Jess & Harriet Nielsen• Ryan Foundation• Brenda & Daniel Sprunk• Wake Charitable Foundation• Normil Foundation• Harry & Phyllis Salyards• Dick & Kay Stafford• Robert Walker• Cathy & Maynard Ochs• Cynthia & Jeffrey J. Scheinost• Sharon M. Starling Estate• Janice Walker & Don Alvord• Glenn & Patricia Ohlmann• James & Marilyn Schepers• Mildred Starr• James E. & Jeanne Walter• Nancy Olson• Elaine Scherer• Ruth E. Stearns & Michael J. Darrell G. & Lois Watts•• Kenneth C. Olson Estate• Dianna & Herbert Schimek•• Mattson• William & Naomi Wayne• Loy & Julie Olson• Billy E. Tittler & Donna E. Schmidt Grace Steinbaugh Estate• Earl G. & Ruth E. Webb Estate• Dan & Judy O’Neill• Tittler• Leland W. Steinkraus Estate• Clinton Wegner Estate• Pauline O’Neill Bird Estate• Michael & Diane Schnieders• John & Jo Stewart• Roger R. & Jeanene A. Wehrbein• Jack & Mary Ostergard•• Sue G. Schreiber• Brian Ardinger & Susan Stibal• Weitz Family Foundation• Harriet A. Otis*• Julie Schroeder• Rita & John Stinner• Alison L. Welty• Kenneth & Norene Pavlik• J. William & Ruth Lind Scott• Robert Stoner• Tom & Karla Wendelin• George H. & Peggy Payne• John & Dianne Scott• Milton H. & Kay Mary Stoppkotte• Bruce Wendorff• Donald W. & June Pederson•• Joe W. & Ruth K. Seacrest Foundation Robert H. Storz Foundation• Dorothy E. Wescott Estate• Michele Peón-Casanova• Fund*• Dr. Kenneth C. Stout Estate• Nevada I. & Geneva N. Wheeler Kitty M. Perkins Foundation• J.C. & Jessie Seacrest Family Julia Stone Stuart Estate• Estate• Karl & Irene Peters Estate• Foundation• George Tom & Susan Surber• Richard & Susan White Estate• Mary A. & Carl Peters•• Thomas M. Davies* & Mike Marvin & Arlett* Svoboda• John Donald Whitman Estate• Cary & Lisa Peterson• Seacrest• Swanson Biggs Adams Family Rae Whitney• Lloyd A. & Edna B. Peterson Trust• James C.* & Rhonda Seacrest•• Foundation• David Wiebe• John & Sigrun Pfister• Lewis & Joanne Seberg• Clare V. & Roberta Sward• Kristin Wiebe• Jim & Pat Phalen• Seed Enterprises, Inc.• Germaine* & Walter Switzer• Annette Wiechert• Esther & Raleigh Pilster Foundation• Ada Seidler Estate• Drs. John & Ingrid Tangeman• James H. Williams• David A. Portwood• Tom & June Seitz• David W. & Janis M. Thom• Meredith Williams• Diane K. Potter Estate• Roger & Sharon Selley• Neal & Lois Thomas• Suzanne Williams• Pamela L. & Henry G. Price• Dan Semrad• Cynthia & Gale Thomsen• Gerene Williams• Edward & Delores Pullen• Duane & Grace Shackelford• Isabella Byrne Threlkeld Estate• Phil Willson* Fund• Lance L. & Amy A. Purdy• Will Sheehan•• Kathy Thuman• D. Lloyd* & Katherine Wilson•
Thank you to our donors July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016
Virginia Putnam• Brad & Nancy Sherwood• Elvera Torrison Estate• Donald C. & Marjorie L. Wilson John C. Quinn Estate• Sherwood Foundation• Ed & Sue Tricker• Trust• Benjamin & Barbara Rader• Shoemaker Family Foundation• Dara L. Troutman• Margery Monfort Wilson Estate• William & Patricia J. Ramsay• J. Richard Shoemaker• Stanley & Dorothy Truhlsen• George W. Wimmer & Ann K. Jan Rasmuson Estate• Frank J. & Shirley Sibert• Ruth C. Tussey• Beckenhauer-Wimmer•• Sally Millett Rau• Frank C. & Ann Sidles•• William G. & Shirley Umberger• Paul, John, Anton & Doris Wirth Ann Rawley•• Janet Sievert• Union Bank & Trust Company• Foundation, Inc.• Lenard Reckling Estate• Helen Simpson Estate• James F. & Audrey Unwin• Paul & Dian Wischmann• Adele D. P. Reed Estate• Paul & Annette Smith• Nancy Van Pelt Estate• Connie Witt• Joan Rees• Bruce & Judy Smith• Glenn & Vicky Van Velson• Wolf Foundation• David & Linda Rehovsky• Charles W. Smith, Jr. Estate• Dale Van Vleck• Hannie Wolf• Bob & Becky Reisdorff• Clay F. & Beth Smith• Richard A. Veach Estate• John A. Woollam •• Clifford & Anna Remmenga• Randall Smith Estate• Eugene & Elinor Vejraska Estate• Opal Wulf• Margaret E. Richmond Estate• Sanford V. & Patricia Smith•• David & Rogean Vetter• LaRue Wunderlich•• Charles & Laureen Riedesel• Shirley Jean Smith Estate• Dineen Vlasnik• Lyle E.* & Marguerite S. Young• Ann Rinne• Carol Snyder• Richard E. & Barbara J. Voeltz• David & Julie Zahn• Harold Ritter• Mandy & William Snyder• Kenneth P. & Beverly Vogel• Gifford E. Rogers, Jr. & Sharon Jerry & Barbara Solomon• Nancy Vogt• McIlnay• Marjorie Sommer• Susanna Von Essen• Tom & Jane Rogers• Mark B. & Diann Sorensen•
•THE JACK G. M cBRIDE SOCIETY • FRIENDS OF THE FUTURE SOCIETY 14 TheTelevision mission • ofRadio NET is to enrich lives and Learning Services • Technology Services engage minds by connecting communities and celebrating Nebraska with services that educate and enlighten. CEO: Mark Leonard ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING: Debbie Hamlett DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Cameron Risher EDITOR: Kim Rogers CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Sandi Karstens Mary Jane Winquest Thank you to our Business Partners MULTIMEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 Lisa Chavanothai Craig Kristi Koser NET FOUNDATIONS FOR TELEVISION A to Z Printing Hastings Museum Nebraska Orthopedics and Sports & RADIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AARP HoriSun Hospice Medicine CHAIR: Appeara Indigo Bridge Books Nebraska Soybean Board Nicholas Baxter, Omaha Art/FX John Baylor Test Prep Nebraska State Fair SECRETARY/TREASURER: Assurity Life Insurance Kearney Cultural Partners Nebraska State Historical Society Mark Leonard, Lincoln Aurora Cooperative Kinghorn Gardens Nebraska Tourism Commission ASST. TREASURER: Baxter Auto Group Lauritzen Gardens NPPD Randal Hansen, Lincoln Bedient Organ Lied Center For The Performing Arts Old Cheney Farmers Market ASST. SECRETARY: Bin 105 Lincoln Bowling Association OLLI Debbie Hamlett, Lincoln Bomgaars Lincoln Children’s Zoo Omaha Children’s Museum BOARD MEMBERS: Bourbon Theatre Lincoln Community Foundation Omaha Symphony Will Armstrong, Grand Island Burkholder Project Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra Open Harvest Lucy Buntain Comine, Lincoln BVH Architects Lux Center For The Arts Opera Omaha Dana Falter, Lincoln Cabinet Factory Outlet Mac’s Creek Winery Pioneer Printing Dr. William Griffin, Omaha Campbell’s Nursery Madonna Rehabilitation Pittenger & Anderson Dr. Laura Jana, Omaha Catholic Health Initiatives Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Project Harmony Kris McElligott, Grand Island Chadron State College Center Proxibid Dan O’Neill, North Platte Cline Williams Wright Johnson MECA Quality Living Carol Russell, Omaha Confucius Institute Methodist Health Systems RBC Wealth Arpi Siyahian, Lincoln Constellation Energy Museum of Nebraska Art Rembolt Ludtke LLP Kathleen Thuman, Lincoln Cornerstone Bank Nebraska 811 Rotella’s NET COMMISSION CHAIR: Cycle Works & Mooses Tooth Nebraska Academy of Eye Screen Ink Dr. Kenneth Bird, Omaha Outdoor Company Physicians Sheldon Museum of Art VICE CHAIR: David & Associates Nebraska Appleseed Slosburg Company Dr. Fred Ohles, Lincoln David Clark Framing Nebraska Association of SMBLX Dietze Music Transportation Providers SMG Lincoln SECRETARY/ASST. TREASURER: Disability Rights Nebraska Nebraska Chamber Players Staff & Faculty of Nebraska Mark Leonard, Lincoln Dish Nebraska Childfind Wesleyan University ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: Division of Public Health Nebraska Children and Families Star Craft Custom Builders Randal Hansen, Lincoln Down Under Pottery Foundation Stuhr Museum COMMISSIONERS: Duncan Aviation Nebraska Commission for the TeamMates Mentoring Program Dr. Matt Blomstedt, Lincoln Durham Museum Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ten Thousand Villages Stan Carpenter, Lincoln Duteau Subaru Nebraska Community Foundation The Landing Marilyn Hadley, Kearney EducationQuest Foundation Nebraska Corn Board The Mill Patricia Kircher, Omaha Ellen High-Home Real Estate Nebraska Dept of Health & TIAA CREF Lisa May, Kearney Epworth Village Human Services University of Nebraska Press Jackie Ostrowicki, Lincoln Equal Opportunity Commission Nebraska Dept of Insurance University of South Dakota Randy Schmailzl, Omaha Family Fun Cutz Nebraska Dept of Natural UNK Music Dept Clay Smith, Lincoln Finke Gardens Resources UNL Communications Darlene Starman, Lincoln First National Bank of Omaha Nebraska Dept of Roads UNL Glenn Korff School of Music CONTACTS: First Nebraska Bank Nebraska Environmental Trust UNMC NET Foundations for Television & Radio First Presbyterian Church Nebraska Game and Parks UNO Hockey 1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503 Flatwater Music Festival Nebraska Loves Public Schools US Bank netNebraska.org/foundation Folsom Children’s Zoo & Botanical Nebraska Natural Resource Vince Powers & Associates FOR INFORMATION CALL: Gardens Districts Vision Maker Media 800-634-6788 or 402-472-6788 George Witt Service Nebraska Nurse Anesthetists Water for Food Institute NET is a proud member of Gomez Art Supply Nebraska Nurse Practitioners Willa Cather Foundation Grand Island Visitors Bureau Nebraska Nursery and Landscape Women’s Healthcare Center of Great Plains United Methodists Association Williamsburg Groundwater Foundation Nebraska Office of Highway York Chamber of Commerce Hangers Dry Cleaners Safety York Visitors Bureau
Thank you to our donors who wish to remain anonymous. * Deceased NET ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 15 NET and our more than 23,400 members (YOU!) have built a trusted and valued partnership.
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