Charity profile · Historical source record

Western New York Public Broadcasting Association

EIN 16-0834459Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Programming that entertains, inspires, enlightens and educates our communities

Western New York Public Broadcasting Association serves the educational, cultural, and informational needs of communities in Western New York and Southern Ontario through the operation of the WNED stations, and the provision of public television and radio programming and outreach activities. WNED serves a bi-national region of 3.1 million households across Western New York and Southern Ontario with high-quality programming and services that enlighten, inspire, entertain, and educate our communities. WNED's goal is to be a bi-national resource, the place to go to facilitate community-wide solutions, a public media portal. WNED is the proud founder and co-creator of the Emmy-award winning Reading Rainbow, one of the longest-running, most-watched, and best-loved children's series in the history of public television.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.31Overall score
out of 100

66.02Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & 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$14,514,566

Total expenses · USD$14,682,970

Program expenses

$8,281,195.08 recorded amount

56.4%

Fundraising expenses

$4,081,865.66 recorded amount

27.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,305,226.29 recorded amount

15.7%

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: Donald K. Boswell
Recorded compensation: $267,749.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.82%

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 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Western New York Public Broadcasting Association serves the educational, cultural, and informational needs of communities in Western New York and Southern Ontario through the operation of the WNED stations, and the provision of public television and radio programming and outreach activities. WNED serves a bi-national region of 3.1 million households across Western New York and Southern Ontario with high-quality programming and services that enlighten, inspire, entertain, and educate our communities. WNED's goal is to be a bi-national resource, the place to go to facilitate community-wide solutions, a public media portal. WNED is the proud founder and co-creator of the Emmy-award winning Reading Rainbow, one of the longest-running, most-watched, and best-loved children's series in the history of public television.
`ein` EIN	16-0834459
`tot_exp` Total expenses	14682970.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.157
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.29
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.278
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.564
`fscore` Financial score	66.02
`leader` Recorded leader	Donald K. Boswell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	267749.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0182
`motto` Tagline	Programming that entertains, inspires, enlightens and educates our communities
`name` Charity name	Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	14514566.0
`score` Overall score	75.31
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	8281195.079999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4081865.66
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2305226.29

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.