Charity profile · Historical source record

Blue Ridge Public Radio

EIN 58-1445328Arts, Culture, Humanities North Carolina Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Enhancing the quality of life in Western North Carolina

Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. operates Blue Ridge Public Radio and its two stations - BPR Classic and BPR News - as a community-based public radio network, committed to enhancing the quality of life in Western North Carolina by expanding listeners' horizons through new perspectives and listening experiences, promoting the free and independent interchange of ideas and information, enriching and reflecting the cultural climate, heritage and traditions of our region and society through classical and other music, and the arts.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.06Overall score
out of 100

83.12Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,335,067

Total expenses · USD$2,365,620

Program expenses

$1,419,372.00 recorded amount

60.0%

Fundraising expenses

$607,964.34 recorded amount

25.7%

Administrative expenses

$333,552.42 recorded amount

14.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.27 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Feingold
Recorded compensation: $110,541.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.67%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Blue Ridge Public Radio
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. operates Blue Ridge Public Radio and its two stations - BPR Classic and BPR News - as a community-based public radio network, committed to enhancing the quality of life in Western North Carolina by expanding listeners' horizons through new perspectives and listening experiences, promoting the free and independent interchange of ideas and information, enriching and reflecting the cultural climate, heritage and traditions of our region and society through classical and other music, and the arts.
`ein` EIN	58-1445328
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2365620.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.141
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.27
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.257
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6
`fscore` Financial score	83.12
`leader` Recorded leader	David Feingold
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	110541.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0467
`motto` Tagline	Enhancing the quality of life in Western North Carolina
`name` Charity name	Blue Ridge Public Radio
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2335067.0
`score` Overall score	88.06
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1419372.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	607964.34
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	333552.42

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.