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Downtown Community Television Center

EIN 13-2742777Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fostering diverse viewpoints

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a media arts center that fosters diverse viewpoints by providing professional training, state-of-the-industry resources, and by creating outstanding documentary productions, with the belief that diversity of expression strengthens our democracy and enhances civil society. Founded in 1972 by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, DCTV has fostered a diverse and inclusive media arts community for 40 productive years. DCTV pursues its educational mission by introducing members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.45Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,215,065

Total expenses · USD$3,066,888

Program expenses

$2,646,724.34 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$147,210.62 recorded amount

4.8%

Administrative expenses

$266,819.26 recorded amount

8.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jonathan Alpert
Recorded compensation: $78,750.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.56%

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All 23 original fields for Downtown Community Television Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a media arts center that fosters diverse viewpoints by providing professional training, state-of-the-industry resources, and by creating outstanding documentary productions, with the belief that diversity of expression strengthens our democracy and enhances civil society. Founded in 1972 by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, DCTV has fostered a diverse and inclusive media arts community for 40 productive years. DCTV pursues its educational mission by introducing members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment.
`ein` EIN	13-2742777
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3066888.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.087
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.048
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Jonathan Alpert
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	78750.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0256
`motto` Tagline	Fostering diverse viewpoints
`name` Charity name	Downtown Community Television Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3215065.0
`score` Overall score	91.45
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2646724.344
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	147210.624
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	266819.256

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-2742777
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.