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NPR

EIN 52-0907625Arts, Culture, Humanities District of Columbia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating a more informed public

Founded in 1970, NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. NPR produces and distributes programming that reaches a combined audience of 26.4 million listeners weekly. NPR Member organizations operate 784 stations, and another 117 public radio stations also present NPR programs, for a total of more than 900 stations nationwide who broadcast NPR programming. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. NPR produces and distributes more than 100 hours of original programming each week, and local NPR stations also broadcast many programs which are produced by stations and other radio networks.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.25Overall score
out of 100

78.10Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$223,372,071

Total expenses · USD$222,910,067

Program expenses

$163,615,989.18 recorded amount

73.4%

Fundraising expenses

$16,941,165.09 recorded amount

7.6%

Administrative expenses

$42,130,002.66 recorded amount

18.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mohn Jarl
Recorded compensation: $661,844.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.29%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for NPR
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1970, NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. NPR produces and distributes programming that reaches a combined audience of 26.4 million listeners weekly. NPR Member organizations operate 784 stations, and another 117 public radio stations also present NPR programs, for a total of more than 900 stations nationwide who broadcast NPR programming. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. NPR produces and distributes more than 100 hours of original programming each week, and local NPR stations also broadcast many programs which are produced by stations and other radio networks.
`ein` EIN	52-0907625
`tot_exp` Total expenses	222910067.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.18899999999999997
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.076
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7340000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	78.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Mohn Jarl
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	661844.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0029
`motto` Tagline	Creating a more informed public
`name` Charity name	NPR
`tot_rev` Total revenue	223372071.0
`score` Overall score	84.25
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	163615989.17800003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	16941165.092
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	42130002.662999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-0907625
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.