Oregon · Nonprofit
KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION
KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,599,697 to it, the largest being THE WLS SPENCER FOUNDATION ($555,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Klcc Public Radio Foundation does
Mission
The Klcc Public Radio Foundation secures vital financial resources and advocates for klcc public radio, enabling the station to fulfill its public service mission across a wide, 100-mile service area around eugene, oregon. This network of 10 non-commercial fm signals serves at least six counties and reaches audiences on-air, online, and on-demand. The foundation's support ensures the delivery of award-winning, multi- media, independent journalism and public affairs programming. Klcc's professional reporters cover local issues and news-including city council meetings, education, the arts, local events, economy, etc.- and deliver expanded content (text, photos, and audio) daily via klcc.org (projected to reach two million viewers this year) and the popular digital newspaper, klcc extra. Klcc is the most listened-to station in the region, serving thousands of oregonians as a primary, trusted source for news. As a charter npr member station, klcc provides essential access to national and I
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sustained local news coverage and public affairs - by helping to fund professional journalists, the foundation sustains klcc's commitment to independent, reliable journalism that empowers communities. This investment enables extensive local reporting and in-depth public affairs programming essential for an informed citizenry. Local reporting: professional multimedia journalists ensure comprehensive coverage of diverse local issues (e.g., politics, business, education, environment, emergencies). Content is delivered via air, on-demand platforms, and the klcc extra digital newspaper. Oregon on the record: the daily public affairs program provides insightful, in-depth analysis through interviews with local leaders, officials, and experts on critical regional topics, accessible across multiple media formats.
$139,850 spentof which $135,200 as grants67% of program spendingSupporting aspiring professional journalists - in 2024, the Klcc Public Radio Foundation successfully reinstated its journalism fellowship program, hiring a dedicated full-time reporter in february. This program provides a recent college graduate with intensive, hands-on experience as a multii- media journalist. The fellow's primary responsibility is to cover under- served communities in our region, ensuring vital stories are told while the fellow gains valuable professional experience. The fellow is a foundation employee, compensated equitably to klcc reporters, and supervised directely by the klcc news director.
$68,843 spentof which $50,000 as grants33% of program spendingEnsuring program sustainability and modernization - to guarantee the longevity and continuous delivery of klcc's core public service mission,the foundation focused on key finanical and capital investments that secure the future of news and public affairs programming. Program sustainability: the foundation is strategically building financial reserves and assets to ensure the long-term stability and growth of its news departments. Critically, these reserves are planned for use over the next three years to help cover staff salaries, thereby guaranteeing the continuity of quality journalism that strengthens our communities. Furthermore, the foundation maintains and invests resources to generate future income, ensuring dedicated funding streams for subsequent programming needs. Modernized technology:the foundation continued to raise and invest funds through the "amplifying oregon voices" campaign for critical infrastructure and technology upgrades. Maintaining a technologically advanced multimedia studio is crucial to equipping klcc to deliver exceptional service to oregonians via a variety of platforms including video. These capital campaign funds are held and invested at the…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,693.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.7M to $6.2M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $92k → $479k.
7 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 50% · 2019 40% · 2020 51% · 2021 38% · 2022 25% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
86% of KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $38k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$37k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$2k
- ADVERTISE, PUBLICITY, PUBLISH/PRINT SRVS$300
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION?
- KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,599,697 to it, the largest being THE WLS SPENCER FOUNDATION ($555,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,599,697 in grants to KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION?
- THE WLS SPENCER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $555,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing