Public Media Platform Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461050905
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025132952
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Media, Communications Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$853
Expenses
$214,326
Assets
$26,925
Liabilities
$946,388

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTIN CALHOUN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID KANSAS (PRESIDENT)
  • LOREN MAYOR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • IRA RUBENSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIC EASTER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • SALLY FIFER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ALEXIS FIFE RAPO (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop a shared digital infrastructure and to operate a flexible, multi-purpose and collaborative digital media distribution service that will serve as a neutral, non-exclusive platform supporting the collection, distribution, and presentation of digital content from producers throughout and beyond today's public radio and television systems.

What it reported doing in 2016

Created the requirements for the software development including a test plan, during this time the pmp also launched a series of pilot products. Lastly, marketing and communicating the milestones within the public media system including developing a logo, a web page, training material and visiting stations and conferences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25,026.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 35.15; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -88.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -64.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $159K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.