The Bisbee Radio Project Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860904572
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2008–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Bisbee, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5204321400
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,893
- Expenses
- $72,320
- Assets
- $311,662
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephanie Peavey (President)
- Fred Miller (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Stephanie Peavey (President)
- Fred Miller (Vice-President)
- Ginger Ryan (Secretary)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Bisbee Radio Project Inc. is an independent, non-commercial, primarily volunteer run, public access low power radio station, broadcasting locally in Bisbee at 9 watts and streaming online for those unable to pick up the signal. It operates 24/7 to serve the community of Bisbee and Cochise County.
What it reported doing in 2025
Broadcasting 24/7 and providing online content and streaming of broadcast throughout the year of 2025. Expenses cover the operation, supplies and housing for the radio station as well as one part time employee. Upgrade of studio equipment with board and new microphones.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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
STRONG - 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: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.31; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2008 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.