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WQED Multimedia

EIN 25-1010296Arts, Culture, Humanities Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Changes Lives

WQED has a proud history of honors, including 161 National and Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards, an Academy Award, and many, many others, including four Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards for Overall Excellence. WQED was founded in 1954 as the nation's first community-supported broadcaster. It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED World; WQED Create;WQED PBS KIDS Channel; WQED Showcase; Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; the Pittsburgh Concert Channel at WQED-HD2 (89.3-2FM) and online at www.wqed.org/fm; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (www.wqed.org) and WQED's Educational initiative (www.wqed.org/edu).

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.99Overall score
out of 100

70.56Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$20,637,820

Total expenses · USD$11,265,120

Program expenses

$6,736,541.76 recorded amount

59.8%

Fundraising expenses

$2,669,833.44 recorded amount

23.7%

Administrative expenses

$1,847,479.68 recorded amount

16.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.37 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Deborah L. Acklin
Recorded compensation: $326,018.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for WQED Multimedia
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	WQED has a proud history of honors, including 161 National and Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards, an Academy Award, and many, many others, including four Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards for Overall Excellence. WQED was founded in 1954 as the nation's first community-supported broadcaster. It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED World; WQED Create;WQED PBS KIDS Channel; WQED Showcase; Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; the Pittsburgh Concert Channel at WQED-HD2 (89.3-2FM) and online at www.wqed.org/fm; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (www.wqed.org) and WQED's Educational initiative (www.wqed.org/edu).
`ein` EIN	25-1010296
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11265120.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16399999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.37
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.237
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.598
`fscore` Financial score	70.56
`leader` Recorded leader	Deborah L. Acklin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	326018.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.028900000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Changes Lives
`name` Charity name	WQED Multimedia
`tot_rev` Total revenue	20637820.0
`score` Overall score	78.99
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6736541.76
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2669833.44
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1847479.6799999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 25-1010296
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.