Thirteen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131945149
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125601355
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Television

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,703,634
Expenses
$93,464,346
Assets
$101,252,653
Liabilities
$15,041,678

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule "o"

What it reported doing in 2010

National and local program services: television programming of the highest possible quality, such as great performances, nature, american masters, religion & ethics, live from lincoln center, etc. For distribution through the public broadcasting system. Thirteen (f/k/a educational broadcasting corporation) has approximately 184,500 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd 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: 11.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $71.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $413K · 18 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.