Charity profile · Historical source record

New York Public Radio

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

The mission

What this organization describes

WNYC and WQXR - Making the mind more curious, the heart more tolerant, and the spirit more joyful
New York Public Radio consists of WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820, and WQXR 105.9 which are New York's premier public radio stations, broadcasting the finest programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International, as well as a wide range of award-winning signature local programming. As America's most listened-to public radio stations, reaching over one million listeners each week, WNYC FM and AM extend New York City's cultural riches to the whole country and air the best national offerings from affiliate networks National Public Radio and Public Radio International. WNYC FM 93.9 broadcasts a broad range of daily news, talk, cultural and classical music programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a stronger focus on breaking news and international/ global news reporting.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.90Overall score
out of 100
89.28Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$90,174,910
Total expenses · USD$88,126,380

Program expenses

$63,186,614.46 recorded amount
71.7%

Fundraising expenses

$18,682,792.56 recorded amount
21.2%

Administrative expenses

$6,080,720.22 recorded amount
6.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.27 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
Laura R. Walker
Recorded compensation
$831,211.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.94%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for New York Public Radio
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
New York Public Radio consists of WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820, and WQXR 105.9 which are New York's premier public radio stations, broadcasting the finest programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International, as well as a wide range of award-winning signature local programming. As America's most listened-to public radio stations, reaching over one million listeners each week, WNYC FM and AM extend New York City's cultural riches to the whole country and air the best national offerings from affiliate networks National Public Radio and Public Radio International. WNYC FM 93.9 broadcasts a broad range of daily news, talk, cultural and classical music programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a stronger focus on breaking news and international/ global news reporting.
ein
EIN
13-3015230
tot_exp
Total expenses
88126380.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.069
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.27
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.212
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.7170000000000001
fscore
Financial score
89.28
leader
Recorded leader
Laura R. Walker
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
831211.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.009399999999999999
motto
Tagline
WNYC and WQXR - Making the mind more curious, the heart more tolerant, and the spirit more joyful
name
Charity name
New York Public Radio
tot_rev
Total revenue
90174910.0
score
Overall score
91.9
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Public Broadcasting and Media
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
63186614.46000001
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
18682792.56
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
6080720.220000001

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.