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Free Speech TV

EIN 51-0173482Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Independent, post-partisan news and views.

Launched in 1995, Free Speech TV is an independent, publicly-supported multi-platform digital media pioneer. Using both television and the Internet, Free Speech TV inspires viewers to become civically engaged to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable society. Promoting voices and perspectives under-represented in the media, FSTV broadcasts and webcasts independently-produced programs addressing social, political, cultural, and environmental issues. Featured programs include Democracy Now!, The Thom Hartmann Program, Gay USA and investigative documentaries. FSTV airs on DISH Network (9415), DIRECTV (348), Roku and community cable affiliates. Programming streams on www.freespeech.org and is syndicated on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. FSTV broadcasts are commercial-free and viewer supported. Free Speech TV is owned and operated by Public Communicators.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.04Overall score
out of 100

83.15Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,995,494

Total expenses · USD$3,482,605

Program expenses

$2,371,654.00 recorded amount

68.1%

Fundraising expenses

$821,894.78 recorded amount

23.6%

Administrative expenses

$285,573.61 recorded amount

8.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.21 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ron Williams
Recorded compensation: $132,642.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.80%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Free Speech TV
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Launched in 1995, Free Speech TV is an independent, publicly-supported multi-platform digital media pioneer. Using both television and the Internet, Free Speech TV inspires viewers to become civically engaged to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable society. Promoting voices and perspectives under-represented in the media, FSTV broadcasts and webcasts independently-produced programs addressing social, political, cultural, and environmental issues. Featured programs include Democracy Now!, The Thom Hartmann Program, Gay USA and investigative documentaries. FSTV airs on DISH Network (9415), DIRECTV (348), Roku and community cable affiliates. Programming streams on www.freespeech.org and is syndicated on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. FSTV broadcasts are commercial-free and viewer supported. Free Speech TV is owned and operated by Public Communicators.
`ein` EIN	51-0173482
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3482605.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.21
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.23600000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6809999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	83.15
`leader` Recorded leader	Ron Williams
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	132642.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.038
`motto` Tagline	Independent, post-partisan news and views.
`name` Charity name	Free Speech TV
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3995494.0
`score` Overall score	82.04
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2371654.005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	821894.78
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	285573.61

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0173482
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.