Developing Radio Partners Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061710103
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2023403533
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $174,439
- Expenses
- $202,051
- Assets
- $114,689
- Liabilities
- $29,396
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLES RICE (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHARLES RICE (PRESIDENT & CEO): $70,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Drp is a nonprofit and media development organization that works with people in low and middle income countries running community based media organizations, including radio stations. Developing radio partners brings the most important development information to those hardest to reach in sub-saharan africa and across the world, using the most widely used medium--radio--by enriching the programming of community based radio stations. We train journalists about climate-smart agriculture, health for women and youth through workshops, weekly bulletins on timely issues with a problem statement and solutions and production tips. We provide funds for community activities and on-site mentoring. By providing much-needed training, drp helps radio stations and other media organizations live up to their potential of being powerful agents for positive change.
What it reported doing in 2024
Developing Radio Partners is a US-based non-profit media development organization that works with people running community based radio stations in developing countries. We provide them with the skills, content and methodologies they need to bring reliable information services on development topics to their listeners. Developing Radio Partners is dedicated to bringing information on the most important topics in development - population, climate change, health and governance - to those who are hardest to reach, using the most effective media: local radio, text messaging and various social media platforms. Developing Radio Partners, (DRP), is a solutions-oriented organization committed to building vibrant, participatory communities internationally, through the development of financially and editorially independent media services with a focus on community radio. Country by country, we build the capacity of individual radio stations, associations and programming networks by working alongside station managers, their staff and their communities to achieve local development goals that enrich people's lives. Following initial workshops, DRP provides stations with: - Weekly program e-bulletins (fact sheets) that help stations develop local, accurate, timely and useful content. - Professional good practices, helping stations produce quality content and run sustainably. - Useful technologies, such as SMS and social media platforms, aiding stations in communicating with their listeners. - Scientifically-proven interventions communities can undertake in response to environmental degradation and climate change. - Training & support for Magazine-format radio journalism, as well as podcast training and development. - Support for community events sponsored by area radio stations. - The use of various social media platforms to complement radio programs and announcements.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $161K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.