Charity profile · Historical source record

eTown

EIN 84-1186181Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Music ~ Ideas ~ Community

eTown is a weekly radio show featuring performances by top musical artists and conversations and information about the world around us. Now in it's 24th year, eTown's mission is to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience, through music and conversation, to create a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.49Overall score
out of 100

88.02Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,081,362

Total expenses · USD$2,265,458

Program expenses

$1,850,879.19 recorded amount

81.7%

Fundraising expenses

$77,025.57 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$335,287.78 recorded amount

14.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Nicholas Forster
Recorded compensation: $113,726.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.02%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for eTown
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	eTown is a weekly radio show featuring performances by top musical artists and conversations and information about the world around us. Now in it's 24th year, eTown's mission is to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience, through music and conversation, to create a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable world.
`ein` EIN	84-1186181
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2265458.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14800000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8170000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	88.02
`leader` Recorded leader	Nicholas Forster
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	113726.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.050199999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Music ~ Ideas ~ Community
`name` Charity name	eTown
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2081362.0
`score` Overall score	88.49
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1850879.1860000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	77025.572
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	335287.78400000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-1186181
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.