Organizations Filed Purposes:
HITN IS A HISPANIC FOCUSED ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO REACH THIS GROWING POPULATION THROUGH A MULTIMEDIA COMBINATION OF TV BROADCASTING, THE INTERNET, APPS, TRANSMEDIA MATERIALS AND COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES.
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, & SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPIRATIONS OF U.S. HISPANICS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT & DISTRIBUTION OF QUALITY MEDIA CONTENT.
HISPANIC INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (HITN) IS THE FIRST SPANISH PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA NETWORK. ESTABLISHED IN 1983 AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPIRATIONS OF ITS VIEWERS IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO. HITN IS ALSO THE LARGEST HOLDER OF EBS SPECTRUM IN THE UNITED STATES. NO OTHER HISPANIC FOCUSED ORGANIZATION COMBINES THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO REACH THIS GROWING POPULATION THROUGH A MULTIMEDIA COMBINATION OF TV BROADCASTING, THE INTERNET, AND COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES.
HITN LEARNING FORMERLY KNOWN AS LAMP THE PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE READY TO LEARN GRANT. THE GRANT EXPIRED IN 2016 BUT HITN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA TARGETED AT PRESCHOOL AND EARLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN REACHING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN. THE PROGRAM INITIATIVE WAS DESIGNED TO HELP CLOSE THE "ACHIEVEMENT GAP" OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN BY CREATING MULTI-PLATFORM DIGITAL MEDIA BASED PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES THREE-TO-EIGHT YEARS OLD TO BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR SCHOOL AND SUCCESS AS LIFELONG LEARNERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael D Nieves | CEO/BOARD MEMBER | 40 | $522,957 |
| Kennedy Paul | COO & CFO | 40 | $388,770 |
| Jonathan Guerra | General Counsel | 40 | $348,112 |
| Maryann R Marrapodi | CHIEF LEARNing & DEV. OFFICER | 40 | $264,700 |
| David Rust | General Manager, Education | 40 | $232,001 |
| Guillermo Sierra | Head of Television & Digital | 40 | $223,801 |
| Mary E Mclaughlin | Director, Product Management | 40 | $195,967 |
| Erica D Branch-Ridley | VP & Executive Producer | 40 | $164,243 |
| Stephanie Shaw | Director, HR | 40 | $157,837 |
| Angel Cruz | Board Member | 2 | $10,000 |
| Linda Hernandez Rosado | Board Member | 2 | $10,000 |
| Nelson Denis | board member | 2 | $10,000 |
| Murray Gregorson | Chairperson | 2 | $10,000 |
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