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WMFE

EIN 59-6155012Arts, Culture, Humanities Florida Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Engaging, educating, entertaining and enriching our audience

WMFE serves viewers and listeners in an 11-county Central Florida area on Digital Channel 24 and 90.7 WMFE-FM. Community owned and locally governed since 1965, WMFE offers non-commercial, member-supported public broadcasting. The stations of WMFE are a unique local treasure, enjoying the wide respect, recognition, and support of literally hundreds of thousands of Central Floridians. Today, Channel 24 is viewed each week by more than 476,750 television households. Likewise, 90.7 is listened to by more than 180,000 people each week. Channel 24 annually produces more than 60 hours of public information and outreach programs that are especially relevant to Central Floridians.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.35Overall score
out of 100

88.45Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,890,785

Total expenses · USD$3,865,157

Program expenses

$2,551,003.62 recorded amount

66.0%

Fundraising expenses

$560,447.77 recorded amount

14.5%

Administrative expenses

$745,975.30 recorded amount

19.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lafontaine Oliver
Recorded compensation: $143,340.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.70%

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All 23 original fields for WMFE
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	WMFE serves viewers and listeners in an 11-county Central Florida area on Digital Channel 24 and 90.7 WMFE-FM. Community owned and locally governed since 1965, WMFE offers non-commercial, member-supported public broadcasting. The stations of WMFE are a unique local treasure, enjoying the wide respect, recognition, and support of literally hundreds of thousands of Central Floridians. Today, Channel 24 is viewed each week by more than 476,750 television households. Likewise, 90.7 is listened to by more than 180,000 people each week. Channel 24 annually produces more than 60 hours of public information and outreach programs that are especially relevant to Central Floridians.
`ein` EIN	59-6155012
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3865157.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.193
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.145
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.66
`fscore` Financial score	88.45
`leader` Recorded leader	Lafontaine Oliver
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	143340.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.037000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Engaging, educating, entertaining and enriching our audience
`name` Charity name	WMFE
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3890785.0
`score` Overall score	91.35
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2551003.62
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	560447.765
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	745975.301

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 59-6155012
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.