Charity profile · Historical source record

Twin Cities Public Television

EIN 41-0769851Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Harnessing the power of television and other media for the public good

The mission of Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) is to harness the power of television and other media for the public good. An educational, civic, and cultural resource, tpt presents original productions for national and state broadcast. One of the most watched PBS affiliates in the nation, tpt is based in St. Paul and operates seven digital stations in addition to analog channels tpt2 and tpt17. Productions include the Emmy Award winning Benjamin Franklin; the Emmy winning The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's; the Emmy winning Suze Orman: The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life; the Emmy winning DragonflyTV science series for kids; the popular public affairs program Almanac, and the innovative Minnesota Channel.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.52Overall score
out of 100

94.43Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & 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$49,934,138

Total expenses · USD$36,605,032

Program expenses

$26,428,833.10 recorded amount

72.2%

Fundraising expenses

$6,113,040.34 recorded amount

16.7%

Administrative expenses

$4,026,553.52 recorded amount

11.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: James R. Pagliarini
Recorded compensation: $383,787.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.04%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Twin Cities Public Television
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) is to harness the power of television and other media for the public good. An educational, civic, and cultural resource, tpt presents original productions for national and state broadcast. One of the most watched PBS affiliates in the nation, tpt is based in St. Paul and operates seven digital stations in addition to analog channels tpt2 and tpt17. Productions include the Emmy Award winning Benjamin Franklin; the Emmy winning The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's; the Emmy winning Suze Orman: The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life; the Emmy winning DragonflyTV science series for kids; the popular public affairs program Almanac, and the innovative Minnesota Channel.
`ein` EIN	41-0769851
`tot_exp` Total expenses	36605032.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.16699999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.722
`fscore` Financial score	94.43
`leader` Recorded leader	James R. Pagliarini
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	383787.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0104
`motto` Tagline	Harnessing the power of television and other media for the public good
`name` Charity name	Twin Cities Public Television
`tot_rev` Total revenue	49934138.0
`score` Overall score	95.52
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	26428833.104
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	6113040.344
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4026553.52

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.