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Financials

We’re a nonprofit — so we make sure we put our revenue to work helping children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.

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2025 Annual Impact Report
Our Latest Impact Report
We invite you to look back on 2025 at the results we achieved together. We’re making a difference for the children and families who need us most — in person, on screens, and in classrooms and communities around the world.
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Annual Impact Reports

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2024 Impact Report

All in for children, all around the world.
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2023 Annual Impact Report

A better world for children, whatever it takes.
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2022 Annual Impact Report

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2021 Annual Impact Report

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2020 Donor Report

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2019 Donor Report

Sesame Workshop Revenues Donut chart showing 7 segments. Licensing Chart segment spanning 18% of the whole. Distribution Fees and Royalties Chart segment spanning 46% of the whole. Corporate Chart segment spanning 4% of the whole. Foundation Chart segment spanning 17% of the whole. Government Chart segment spanning 5% of the whole. Individual Chart segment spanning 6% of the whole. Investment returns Chart segment spanning 4% of the whole.
Sesame Workshop Revenues
Here’s how Sesame Workshop brings in the funding that supports our mission.*
How We Use Our Money Donut chart showing 3 segments. Programming Chart segment spanning 80% of the whole. Administration Chart segment spanning 18% of the whole. Fundraising Chart segment spanning 2% of the whole.
How We Use Our Money
Our independently audited financial statements consistently show that the great majority of the money we spend goes to programs directly benefiting children and families.*
Philanthropic Programs Support Donut chart showing 2 segments. International Social Impact program spending Chart segment spanning 43% of the whole. US Social Impact program spending Chart segment spanning 57% of the whole.
Philanthropic Programs Support
Our targeted social impact programs bring help directly to many of the world’s most vulnerable, from children facing tough times in communities across the U.S. to displaced children and families in the Syrian response region.*

*Based on 2025 Audited Financial Statements

Financial Reports

79¢ on the Dollar

79 cents of every dollar goes directly to our programs that help children learn and grow.

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