Brattleboro Community Television Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030322134
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Brattleboro, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8022570888
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $513,480
- Expenses
- $475,306
- Assets
- $945,216
- Liabilities
- $57,035
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARRET HARKAWIK (President)
People named in this filing
- GEORGE ANTHES (Treasurer)
- GARRET HARKAWIK (President)
- LYNN BARRETT (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Brattleboro Community Television, Inc. (BCTV) is a community media center serving eight towns in southern Windham County, Vermont. OUR MISSION - To promote civic engagement and transparency, and to empower community members to share their knowledge, views and creativity, WITHOUT PREDJUDICE. WHAT WE DO - As the one and only television outlet for the area, BCTV covers municipal government meetings, educational matters, and documents local events and activities. BCTV also provides equipment and training that allows community members to create content, reaching viewers on cable channels 8 and 10 on Southern Vermont Cable, and cable channels 1075 and 1085 on Comcast, and at brattleborotv.org.
What it reported doing in 2024
Brattleboro community television, inc. (bctv) is a community television station that covers municipal government meetings, educational matters, and documents local events and activities. Bctv also provides equipment and training that allows community members to create content, reaching viewers on cable channels 1078 and 1079 on comcast, and on brattleborotv.org.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $369K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.