Northern California Educational Tv Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941569300
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Redding, CA, USA
Phone
5302435493
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Television

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,989,016
Expenses
$1,758,335
Assets
$1,833,850
Liabilities
$313,386

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ROB KEENAN (GENERAL MANAGER): $105,199 total reported compensation
  • RENEE COOPER (CFO): $101,110 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide high quality programming to the community resources to educate, enlighten, and entertain the broad spectrum of the viewers served.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide educational television programming to the northern California area.2024:7/1 kixe pbs interviewed jacob akana of the jacob akana band at the ioof hall in downtown redding 7/18 third thursday storytime8/7 pbs costumed characters at the redding ranchera discover health fair. 8/15 third thursday storytime 8/21 francesco paints pbs kids mural video8/22 2024, kixe pbs slightly dirty tour at the redding civic auditorium video 9/19 third thursday storytime 9/28 mr. Rogers' day - anderson river park - 10/15 molly of denali character at the redding rancheria stillwater pow wow10/17 third thursday storytime10/31 kixe happy halloween short film facebook 11/8 kixe host pavlo in concert at win river event center. 11/21 third thursday storytime12/5 carl the collector screening at redding library 12/24 merry christmas and happy holidays animated snowman video 12/19 third thursday storytime2025:1/16 third thursday storytime1/23 the monolith at turtle bay exploration park facebook video 1/30 shasta fire safe council - carl skinner presentation - kixe pbs studio 2/3 redding co-op preschool kixe studio field trip2/6 helen & joe chew foundation lunar new year celebration video2/19 orland free library traveling storytime2/20 third thursday storytime2/27 kixe pbs visits cone & kimball plaza in red bluff facebook video 2/28 antiques appraisal day in chico 3/5 antiques appraisal day in chico facebook video 3/6 bike vessel - indie lens pop up film screening at the redding bike depot3/7 antiques appraisal day in kixe pbs redding studio 3/20 orland giant honey bee statue video on facebook 3/20 third thursday storytime 3/24 moments from the sundial film festival video on facebook 4/17 third thursday storytime - outside spring event 4/17 giant hands in downtown chico video facebook 4/28 antique appraisal event at the main street gallery in weaverville4/30 shasta fire safe council public quarterly meeting - kixe studio and online5/5 explore the historic la grange mine film short on facebook 5/15 third thursday storytime6/19 third thursday storytime6/5 free for all: public libraries - indie lens pop up film screening at redding library 6/19 stand by me bridge - landmark short video on facebook 6/27 walking with dinosaurs - shastasaurus fossil short video on facebook

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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 - 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: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 62.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.