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East Tennessee PBS

EIN 62-1173293Arts, Culture, Humanities Tennessee Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Affecting positive change by educating, entertaining and challenging minds.

Founded in 1983, East Tennessee PBS exists to serve the needs of East Tennessee as a community partner affecting positive change by educating, entertaining and challenging minds. As a viewer-supported television station and PBS member station, we provide lifelong learning opportunities to more than 1 million viewers in East Tennessee, Southern Kentucky, Southeast Virginia and Western North Carolina. We achieve this by broadcasting non-violent, commercial-free children's series; instructional programs; and primetime shows that educate, entertain, inform and inspire.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.71Overall score
out of 100

89.59Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,767,243

Total expenses · USD$3,188,133

Program expenses

$2,368,782.82 recorded amount

74.3%

Fundraising expenses

$516,477.55 recorded amount

16.2%

Administrative expenses

$296,496.37 recorded amount

9.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Vickie Lawson
Recorded compensation: $111,460.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.49%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for East Tennessee PBS
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1983, East Tennessee PBS exists to serve the needs of East Tennessee as a community partner affecting positive change by educating, entertaining and challenging minds. As a viewer-supported television station and PBS member station, we provide lifelong learning opportunities to more than 1 million viewers in East Tennessee, Southern Kentucky, Southeast Virginia and Western North Carolina. We achieve this by broadcasting non-violent, commercial-free children's series; instructional programs; and primetime shows that educate, entertain, inform and inspire.
`ein` EIN	62-1173293
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3188133.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.162
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.743
`fscore` Financial score	89.59
`leader` Recorded leader	Vickie Lawson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	111460.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0349
`motto` Tagline	Affecting positive change by educating, entertaining and challenging minds.
`name` Charity name	East Tennessee PBS
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2767243.0
`score` Overall score	90.71
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2368782.819
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	516477.54600000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	296496.36900000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-1173293
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.