Largest Programs
Sesame Workshop reported its three largest programs on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:
$121,913,810
Spent in most recent FY
67%
Percent of program expenses
Creation and Distribution of Educational Media Sesame Workshop creates educational content for preschool children and distributes that content in the U.S. and around the world, across various media pl ... (More)
Creation and Distribution of Educational Media Sesame Workshop creates educational content for preschool children and distributes that content in the U.S. and around the world, across various media platforms including television, digital streaming, online, radio, print, mobile, and home entertainment. The content follows a whole child curriculum and is designed to give vulnerable children equal and early access to preschool learning. Sesame Workshop is most well-known for its flagship educational program "Sesame Street." The show currently broadcasts multiple times a day in the U.S. on the public broadcasting service (PBS), which is available for free in 98% of households with televisions. In addition to its presence on PBS and other television and digital platforms, "Sesame Street" videos, interactive games and other educational content are available free of charge for users on www.sesamestreet.org, www.pbskids.org and www.youtube.com. Including its distribution on broadcast, streaming vod and cable TV and its presence on various digital platforms, "Sesame Street" reaches 10.9 million kids ages 0-8 in the U.S. on a monthly basis. Its continued popularity places it as the #2 pre-school show on PBS. Sesame Streets free YouTube channel received over 2.3 billion views domestically in fiscal year 2020 (and 6.4 billion views worldwide). Research has shown that children who watch "Sesame Street" consistently perform better academically at every grade level through high school and have more developed social skills. "Sesame Street" is also seen in over 130 countries through distribution agreements with local public and commercial broadcasters. In addition, local adaptations of "Sesame Street" are produced and distributed in Germany, the Netherlands, Latin America, South Africa, India, Bangladesh, Somalia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The program reaches 150 million kids on a worldwide basis. In addition to the distribution of Sesame Street on mass media platforms, Sesame Workshop also leverages it media content and whole-child curriculum to reach kids in formal school settings. In FY 2020, Sesame Workshop worked with its partner, educational publisher McGraw Hill (MH), to begin implementing the workshops first integrated program incorporating critical social emotional learning (SEL) skills into MHs Wonders English Language Arts curriculum for elementary (grades K-5) students in Texas and selected districts nationwide. This year, we completed adaptations of the same curriculum program for state adoption in Florida. Placing second on the adoption list, MH will implement the program in Sept. 2021. During Covid 19, MH began promoting our Caring for Each Other resources to families through Sesame Street in Communities to all 13,000 school districts. Our other school partner, Teachstone LLC, which is the leading provider of the teacher evaluation system, Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), is now offeing continuing education credits for our professional development videos that leverage Sesame Street content. Additionally, we secured a second grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, after seeing early success with their first 3-year grant where we demonstrated gains in both early literacy as well as childrens social emotional learning (SEL) competencies. We are conducting formative and participatory research on our early childhood curriculum that is designed to embed SEL in the context emergent language and literacy development. We now have four pilot schools and over 22 classrooms, many of whom began use of the curriculum in August 2019. Weve been able to offer additional Sesame Street-based lessons for use at home during the pandemic. (Less)
$12,818,709
Spent in most recent FY
7%
Percent of program expenses
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL IMPACT Sesame Workshop partners with local experts, including educators, donors, media organizations, government ministries and NGOs, to develop, produce and evaluate local adapta ... (More)
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL IMPACT Sesame Workshop partners with local experts, including educators, donors, media organizations, government ministries and NGOs, to develop, produce and evaluate local adaptations of "Sesame Streetdirect service initiatives that a (Less)
$9,764,673
Spent in most recent FY
5%
Percent of program expenses
U.S. Social Impact IN ADDITION TO DISTRIBUTING ITS EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ON MASS MEDIA PLATFORMS, SESAME WORKSHOP CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE TARGE ... (More)
U.S. Social Impact IN ADDITION TO DISTRIBUTING ITS EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ON MASS MEDIA PLATFORMS, SESAME WORKSHOP CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE TARGETED TO SPECIFIC AT-RISK AUDIENCES OR THAT ADDRESS SPECIF (Less)
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