New Hampshire Public Radio Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020338667
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Concord, NH, USA
Phone
6032288910
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,404,454
Expenses
$11,188,308
Assets
$11,431,544
Liabilities
$1,976,449

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM SCHACHTER (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JIM SCHACHTER (PRESIDENT/CEO): $312,400 total reported compensation
  • TRAVIS BOUCHER (CFO): $187,095 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTINE LOUIS (VP OF DEVELOPMENT): $169,694 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Expanding minds, sparking connections, building stronger communities. Nhpr fosters civil discourse by producing and distributing objective, in-depth reporting and engaging content. We are New Hampshire's independent and trusted source for news and information, working to create a more informed publicone that is challenged and enriched by a deeper understanding and appreciation of local, national, and global events, ideas, and culture.

What it reported doing in 2024

Local news and digital coverage: nhpr provides in-depth reporting and analysis to approximately 129,330 unique weekly radio listeners and almost 40,000 unique monthly streaming listeners. Our podcasts civics 101, outside/in, bear brook, and documentare downloaded about one million times per month. Nearly 43,000 subscribers receive our regular newsletters, and our website is reaching almost 400,000 visits each month. Nhpr delivers over 1 million total hours of audience engagement per month across its broadcast, livestream, and website, with broadcast listening accounting for an estimated 775,000 hours. Together, these measures demonstrate nhpr's significant and sustained impact in delivering trusted public media content across multiple platforms.nhpr's award-winning newsroom includes reporters, editors, hosts, producers, and digital staff who deliver comprehensive coverage of public policy, health, the environment, politics, the economy, and education.beyond broadcast, nhpr.org expands our storytelling capabilities with digital-only content, interactive maps, infographics, photography, blogs, on-demand audio, and supplemental program material, serving as a dynamic platform for statewide news.recent honors: nhpr has consistently earned recognition in the national and regional edward r. Murrow awards in recent years. This past year national awards included: reporters lauren chooljian, jason moon from the document team received a national edward r. Murrow award for their news documentary, "emelia's thing".todd bookman won a national edward r. Murrow award for "getting back in tune: the story of justin and his missing flute" in the feature reporting category.regional awards: feature reportinggetting back in tune: the story of justin and his missing flutereporter: todd bookmaninvestigative reportingdocuments detail u.s. Soldiers shot by their own sig sauer guns; military says no reason for concernreporter: todd bookmannews documentaryemelia's thingreporters: lauren chooljian, jason moonsports reportingfor years, soccer has been her lifeline. But she's worried politicians could take it away.reporter: paul cuno-booththese stories reflect the range and depth of our newsroom's mission from deeply personal feature profiles to hard-hitting investigations and powerful audio documentaries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.6%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.6% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 25 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $195K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.