Charity profile · Historical source record

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing award-winning news and cultural programming to listeners throughout the Northeast
WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, is a regional public radio network serving more than 400,000 monthly listeners from seven northeastern states including CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, VT, and PA. Chartered by the NYS Board of Regents in 1984, WAMC broadcasts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week with a schedule of news, information, music, and cultural programming. In addition to programming provided by NPR, WAMC produces and broadcasts nine locally-aired programs and nine nationally-syndicated programs, which are broadcast by hundreds of radio stations throughout North America and on Armed Forces Radio. The station's multi-award winning news department is unmatched by any other in public radio, and is a regular recipient of awards for exceptional journalism.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.51Overall score
out of 100
79.51Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & 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$7,591,157
Total expenses · USD$6,962,673

Program expenses

$4,184,566.47 recorded amount
60.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,782,444.29 recorded amount
25.6%

Administrative expenses

$988,699.57 recorded amount
14.2%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.29 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
Alan S. Chartock
Recorded compensation
$198,577.00
Recorded compensation percentage
2.85%

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 WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, is a regional public radio network serving more than 400,000 monthly listeners from seven northeastern states including CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, VT, and PA. Chartered by the NYS Board of Regents in 1984, WAMC broadcasts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week with a schedule of news, information, music, and cultural programming. In addition to programming provided by NPR, WAMC produces and broadcasts nine locally-aired programs and nine nationally-syndicated programs, which are broadcast by hundreds of radio stations throughout North America and on Armed Forces Radio. The station's multi-award winning news department is unmatched by any other in public radio, and is a regular recipient of awards for exceptional journalism.
ein
EIN
22-2400593
tot_exp
Total expenses
6962673.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.142
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.29
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.256
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.601
fscore
Financial score
79.51
leader
Recorded leader
Alan S. Chartock
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
198577.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0285
motto
Tagline
Providing award-winning news and cultural programming to listeners throughout the Northeast
name
Charity name
WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
tot_rev
Total revenue
7591157.0
score
Overall score
85.51
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Public Broadcasting and Media
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
4184566.4729999998
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
1782444.288
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
988699.5659999999

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.