Charity profile · Historical source record

WRKF 89.3

EIN 72-0776781Arts, Culture, Humanities Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discover with us

WRKF informs and entertains its audience through local, national and international news and cultural programming. WRKF's 28,000-Watt signal reaches a 60-mile radius around Baton Rouge depending upon terrain. WRKF was the first community-licensed public radio station news, information and classical music station based in Baton Rouge. The station launched on January 18, 1980. Initial programming was typical for a community-based public radio station of that time and included classical music, jazz, folk, big-band standards, and NPR news. The studios were in a temporary building at the transmitter site on Frenchtown Road. In 1986, the station moved to its current location on Valley Creek Drive in the city.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.73Overall score
out of 100

72.21Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$1,118,300

Total expenses · USD$1,099,089

Program expenses

$626,480.73 recorded amount

57.0%

Fundraising expenses

$305,546.74 recorded amount

27.8%

Administrative expenses

$165,962.44 recorded amount

15.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.51 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: David Gordon
Recorded compensation: $74,490.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.77%

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 WRKF 89.3
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	WRKF informs and entertains its audience through local, national and international news and cultural programming. WRKF's 28,000-Watt signal reaches a 60-mile radius around Baton Rouge depending upon terrain. WRKF was the first community-licensed public radio station news, information and classical music station based in Baton Rouge. The station launched on January 18, 1980. Initial programming was typical for a community-based public radio station of that time and included classical music, jazz, folk, big-band standards, and NPR news. The studios were in a temporary building at the transmitter site on Frenchtown Road. In 1986, the station moved to its current location on Valley Creek Drive in the city.
`ein` EIN	72-0776781
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1099089.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.151
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.51
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.278
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.57
`fscore` Financial score	72.21
`leader` Recorded leader	David Gordon
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	74490.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0677
`motto` Tagline	Discover with us
`name` Charity name	WRKF 89.3
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1118300.0
`score` Overall score	79.73
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	626480.73
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	305546.742
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	165962.43899999998

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.