Charity profile · Historical source record

Nashville Public Radio

EIN 62-1631652Arts, Culture, Humanities Tennessee Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting the community through information, music, and entertainment

Nashville Public Radio, WPLN 90.3FM and 1430AM, began in 1962 with broadcasts from studios in the Richland Park branch of the Nashville Public Library. Nashville Public Radio's mission is to connect the community through trusted information, inspiring music, and unique entertainment. For over 40 years, listeners in middle Tennessee have turned to this community-supported service for programming that inspires conversation and curiosity, educates, and entertains.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.05Overall score
out of 100

82.13Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,354,652

Total expenses · USD$4,962,835

Program expenses

$2,923,109.81 recorded amount

58.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,468,999.16 recorded amount

29.6%

Administrative expenses

$565,763.19 recorded amount

11.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.27 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Rob Gordon
Recorded compensation: $179,182.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.61%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Nashville Public Radio
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Nashville Public Radio, WPLN 90.3FM and 1430AM, began in 1962 with broadcasts from studios in the Richland Park branch of the Nashville Public Library. Nashville Public Radio's mission is to connect the community through trusted information, inspiring music, and unique entertainment. For over 40 years, listeners in middle Tennessee have turned to this community-supported service for programming that inspires conversation and curiosity, educates, and entertains.
`ein` EIN	62-1631652
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4962835.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.114
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.27
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.29600000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.589
`fscore` Financial score	82.13
`leader` Recorded leader	Rob Gordon
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	179182.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0361
`motto` Tagline	Connecting the community through information, music, and entertainment
`name` Charity name	Nashville Public Radio
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5354652.0
`score` Overall score	87.05
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2923109.815
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1468999.1600000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	565763.1900000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-1631652
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.