Sesame Workshop

American nonprofit organization
Organization nonprofit_organization Q3480580
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Sesame Workshop

Summary

Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (793 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sesame Workshop is located in New York City[3].
  • Sesame Workshop is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sesame Workshop's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[5].
  • Sesame Workshop's founder is recorded as Joan Ganz Cooney[6].
  • Sesame Workshop's founder is recorded as Lloyd Morrisett[7].
  • Sesame Workshop's logo image is recorded as Sesame Workshop 2018 Logo.svg[8].
  • Sesame Workshop's logo image is recorded as Sesame Workshop text logo.png[9].
  • Sesame Workshop's headquarters location is recorded as 1 Lincoln Plaza[10].
  • Sesame Workshop's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].
  • Sesame Workshop's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121703678[12].
  • Sesame Workshop's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140683119[13].
  • Sesame Workshop's GND ID is recorded as 16163450-3[14].
  • Sesame Workshop's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n00012622[15].
  • Sesame Workshop's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14244005k[16].
  • Sesame Workshop's Commons category is recorded as Sesame Workshop[17].
  • Sesame Workshop's chairperson is recorded as Sherrie Rollins Westin[18].
  • +1968-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sesame Workshop[19].
  • Sesame Workshop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cwwg[20].
  • Sesame Workshop's official website is recorded as http://www.sesameworkshop.org/[21].
  • Sesame Workshop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sesame Workshop[22].
  • Sesame Workshop's product or material produced is recorded as Sesame Street[23].
  • Sesame Workshop's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+813'}[24].
  • Sesame Workshop's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 5493002NWYNS9BKOZ811[25].
  • Sesame Workshop's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 13-2655731[26].
  • Sesame Workshop's replaces is recorded as Children's Television Workshop[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Joan Ganz Cooney[6] and Lloyd Morrisett[7]. +1968-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sesame Workshop[19].

Leadership

Sesame Workshop's chairperson is recorded as Sherrie Rollins Westin[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include 1 Lincoln Plaza[10], a skyscraper[28], in United States[29], founded in 1974[30] and New York City[11], a global city[31], in United States[32], founded in 1624[33].

Ownership

Sesame Workshop's product or material produced is recorded as Sesame Street[23].

Why It Matters

Sesame Workshop ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (793 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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