Nashville Public Television Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Programming, production, and education outreach - programming and production: npt serves more than 2 million people in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky with compelling educational experiences that encompass the community's educational, cultural, artistic and civic life. Through educational programming for children and adults, outreach to at-risk children, productions that highlight local history, culture and public affairs, npt is committed to helping all citizens reach their fullest potential. Npt is one of the most watched public television stations in the nation with an average audience of more than 530,000 households per month, 84% of nashville households annually. Npt provides the full pbs schedule of programming, as well as local documentaries and programs including "Tennessee crossroads," "volunteer gardener," "a word on words," the "next door neighbors" series, "aging matters and "christmas at belmont." many of npt's original productions have aired nationally on pbs, sharing middle Tennessee's culture and heritage with the entire nation. Npt's "next door neighbors project" seeks to highlight nashville's status as a destination city for a variety of immigrant and refugee groups who have made the city their home. Through a series of documentaries, a project website, community forums and literacy outreach npt seeks to provide all residents of middle Tennessee with a wide-ranging view of the region's new, rapidly growing foreign-born communities including kurdish, somali, bhutanese, sudanese, egyptian and hispanic immigrants."npt reports: aging matters" is a multi-year project that is taking an unprecedented deep-dive look at all the issues facing our growing population of seniors. Npt is focusing on these issues through documentaries, televised panel discussions, "aging matters" spots, community engagement conversations, screenings, project website, interactive online screenings and dvd distribution. The goal of the project is to convene a dialogue about how the community needs to change to meet the needs of the aging baby boom generation.npt continues to be one of the most-watched channels for children. Each week npt broadcasts 68 hours of children's programming on our main channel, designed to ensure that the youngest viewers arrive at kindergarten ready to learn with a strong foundation of early math and reading skills. In addition, npt broadcasts a 24/7 channel of all educational children's programming on npt3, designed to meet the needs of children of parents who may not work a traditional 9-5 schedule and children in hospitals. Npt is perhaps the only source of preschool educational programs for the preschoolers in davidson county who do not attend licensed daycare, preschool or any education program.community engagement & education: npt's community engagement department extends the impact of our programming with school-readiness training through parent and educator workshops that reach thousands of children each year including literacy workshops for nashville's foreign-born communities including kurdish, somali, sudanese, asian and hispanic populations. Npt also organizes screenings and discussions of programs seen on npt through community partners such as the libraries, businesses, museums and non-profits. Npt2, npt's community-based digital channel offers locally based educational, civic and cultural programs, series and documentaries including coverage of the state senate and house of representatives. Npt supports teachers throughout the region through free online access to and dvds of npt's productions. Dvds are authored with chapter markers to facilitate use by teachers in the classroom, giving them the ability to jump to a specific point and use a short segment of the program for discussion.npt posts "npt report to the community" on our website at www.wnpt.org, a report that covers programming and services provided to the community during the previous year.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 68%; rating input score 68
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -11.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings