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WTVS Detroit Public Television

EIN 38-1440200Arts, Culture, Humanities Michigan Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Educating, entertaining, inspiring

WTVS Detroit Public Television is the viewer-supported PBS member station serving the nation's 11th largest television market. Our vision is to educate, entertain and inspire, in partnership with our community. We offer ten hours of PBS KIDS programs each weekday, along with national and international news, PBS favorites and classic films. Detroit Public TV is notably active in the community producing local programs that showcase arts, culture, news analysis and physical activity; and outreach campaigns that use the power of media to provide knowledge and understanding.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.62Overall score
out of 100

78.47Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$17,629,618

Total expenses · USD$17,810,033

Program expenses

$11,523,091.35 recorded amount

64.7%

Fundraising expenses

$4,292,217.95 recorded amount

24.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,976,913.66 recorded amount

11.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.27 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ritschard P. Homberg
Recorded compensation: $325,561.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.82%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for WTVS Detroit Public Television
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	WTVS Detroit Public Television is the viewer-supported PBS member station serving the nation's 11th largest television market. Our vision is to educate, entertain and inspire, in partnership with our community. We offer ten hours of PBS KIDS programs each weekday, along with national and international news, PBS favorites and classic films. Detroit Public TV is notably active in the community producing local programs that showcase arts, culture, news analysis and physical activity; and outreach campaigns that use the power of media to provide knowledge and understanding.
`ein` EIN	38-1440200
`tot_exp` Total expenses	17810033.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.111
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.27
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.24100000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.647
`fscore` Financial score	78.47
`leader` Recorded leader	Ritschard P. Homberg
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	325561.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0182
`motto` Tagline	Educating, entertaining, inspiring
`name` Charity name	WTVS Detroit Public Television
`tot_rev` Total revenue	17629618.0
`score` Overall score	84.62
`state` State code	MI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11523091.351
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4292217.953000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1976913.663

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 38-1440200
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Michigan (MI)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.