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KCRW Foundation

EIN 95-3750631Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting and supporting Santa Monica College radio station KCRW

The KCRW Foundation promotes and provides financial support to Santa Monica College Radio Station KCRW. KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation's largest arrays of locally- produced, nationally-distributed talk program content. KCRW.com extends the station's profile globally, with three streams featuring web-exclusive content: all music, all news and the live station simulcast, as well as an extensive list of podcasts. The non-commercial broadcast signal reaches 550,000 listeners weekly and is supported by 55,000 member/subscribers.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.18Overall score
out of 100

86.71Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$23,352,290

Total expenses · USD$19,335,725

Program expenses

$12,993,607.20 recorded amount

67.2%

Fundraising expenses

$4,563,231.10 recorded amount

23.6%

Administrative expenses

$1,759,550.97 recorded amount

9.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jennifer Ferro
Recorded compensation: $131,409.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for KCRW Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The KCRW Foundation promotes and provides financial support to Santa Monica College Radio Station KCRW. KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation's largest arrays of locally- produced, nationally-distributed talk program content. KCRW.com extends the station's profile globally, with three streams featuring web-exclusive content: all music, all news and the live station simulcast, as well as an extensive list of podcasts. The non-commercial broadcast signal reaches 550,000 listeners weekly and is supported by 55,000 member/subscribers.
`ein` EIN	95-3750631
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19335725.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.23600000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.672
`fscore` Financial score	86.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Jennifer Ferro
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	131409.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0067
`motto` Tagline	Promoting and supporting Santa Monica College radio station KCRW
`name` Charity name	KCRW Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	23352290.0
`score` Overall score	90.18
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	12993607.200000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4563231.100000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1759550.9749999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3750631
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.