Public Broadcasting Management Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232724555
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lexington, KY, USA
- Phone
- 8592264678
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $353,727
- Expenses
- $371,814
- Assets
- $155,345
- Liabilities
- $83,237
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAUREN BIDDLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SONJA PASQUANTONIO (CHAIR)
- MEGAN DAVEY (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR)
- CARLIN BECKMAN (VICE CHAIR)
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
The public media business association is the "go-to" trade association serving the business needs of public media, focused on delivering programs and services that enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and economics of public media. General managers, cfo's, financial and business executives, and human resource professionals from pmba member stations benefit from access to public media business intelligence, training, and the exercise of collective benefit. The value of pmba is critical to the bottom line -- not just to our member stations, but to all of public media.
What it reported doing in 2024
Pmba annual conference: the pmba annual conference draws approximately 250 public media professionals, including general managers, cfo's, financial and business executives, hr professionals, and a broad array of supporting organizations. The event features outstanding educational programs and networking opportunities. The pmba annual conference is tailored to optimize attendees' time and money, provide maximum continuing education credits, and provide constructive value.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $306K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.