Nonprofit screen
Screen a listMarfa Public Radio Corporation
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.7Mrevenue
FY2024 · −17% in 3 yrs14staff
5 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin20.3%
Months of reserve8.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+11.4%
Middle half of peersMedianMarfa Public Radio
Where the money goes FY2024 · $1.4M spent
Programs$838k61%Management and general$318k23%Fundraising$228k16%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
No return on record for FY2020
It filed for FY2019 and FY2021, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$297k in FY2022 and −$256k in FY2023. Cash covers 8.2 months, above the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
10 of 10 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort26funders
$823ka year, last 3 years
50%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Corporation for Public BroadcastingEvery year since FY2017$186k$185k$185k$297k$453k$376k$416kFmh FoundationOn and off$60k$120k$64k$300k$100k$100kScharbauer Foundation IncOn and off$50k$116kPrentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford BrownNew in FY2023$132kRea Charitable TrustOn and off$40k$40k$30kAbell-Hanger FoundationOn and off$20k$20k$25k$38k$100Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$15k$106k$32k$172k$66k$116k$16k15 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$28k$53k$53k$71k$55k$46k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund