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Public Broadcasting Atlanta

EIN 58-2126423Arts, Culture, Humanities Georgia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving community, enhancing life

Public Broadcasting Atlanta (PBA), comprised of WABE 90.1 FM and PBA 30, brings NPR News, music, the arts and PBS programming to hundreds of thousands of listeners and viewers each year. As a broadcast service of Atlanta Public Schools in partnership with the Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative (AETC), PBA has never lost sight of its original mission. Education remains at the core of our operation at every level, from preschoolers to our elders. We serve community; we enhance life. We educate, entertain, empower. We broaden perspectives, create joy, expand knowledge. And through our endeavors, we connect people to each other and the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.15Overall score
out of 100

79.71Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$14,558,152

Total expenses · USD$14,307,213

Program expenses

$8,584,327.80 recorded amount

60.0%

Fundraising expenses

$3,519,574.40 recorded amount

24.6%

Administrative expenses

$2,189,003.59 recorded amount

15.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Wonya Lucas
Recorded compensation: $331,261.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.31%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Public Broadcasting Atlanta (PBA), comprised of WABE 90.1 FM and PBA 30, brings NPR News, music, the arts and PBS programming to hundreds of thousands of listeners and viewers each year. As a broadcast service of Atlanta Public Schools in partnership with the Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative (AETC), PBA has never lost sight of its original mission. Education remains at the core of our operation at every level, from preschoolers to our elders. We serve community; we enhance life. We educate, entertain, empower. We broaden perspectives, create joy, expand knowledge. And through our endeavors, we connect people to each other and the world.
`ein` EIN	58-2126423
`tot_exp` Total expenses	14307213.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.153
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.24600000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6
`fscore` Financial score	79.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Wonya Lucas
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	331261.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0231
`motto` Tagline	Serving community, enhancing life
`name` Charity name	Public Broadcasting Atlanta
`tot_rev` Total revenue	14558152.0
`score` Overall score	82.15
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	8584327.799999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3519574.3980000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2189003.589

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-2126423
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.