Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1959

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

John E Harris III

Phone

7012416900

Tax Period

2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30

Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc, founded in 1959, is a mid-sized nonprofit in the Arts, Culture & Humanities sector that reported $11.5M in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue grew 9% year-over-year, indicating healthy expansion. The organization ran a surplus of $2.8M, a strong 24% operating margin.

Mission

Prairie Public Broadcasting provides quality radio, television, and public media services that educate, involve, and inspire the people of the prairie region.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $6,051,975 Revenue: $479,814

Prairie Public Broadcasting, headquartered in Fargo, ND, is a non-profit organization and community licensee that provides public television services to North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, southern Manitoba, and parts of Montana and South Dakota; and public radio service to North Dakota and worldwide via online streaming. In addition to broadcasting services, Prairie Public provides a wide range of educational, technological, and online services to educate, involve, and inspire the people of the prairie region. Television schedules, radio schedules, and coverage maps and frequencies are available at prairiepublic.org.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $6,727,425

Program Service Revenue $479,814

Investment Income $2,233,196

Other Revenue $2,085,394

TOTAL REVENUE $11,525,829

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $4,209,881

Fundraising Expenses $484,140

Program Expenses $6,051,975

Other Expenses $4,277,482

TOTAL EXPENSES $8,724,857

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2023	2022	Change
Revenue	$11,525,829	$10,559,616	+0.1%
Expenses	$8,724,857	$7,842,336	+0.1%
Net Income	$2,800,972	$2,717,280	+0.0%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✓ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✓ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

136

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✓ Conflict of Interest Policy

✓ Whistleblower Policy

✓ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✓ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$448,036

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Carolyn Becraft	Chair	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Sandra Holmberg	Vice Chair	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Melissa Johnson	Secretary	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Nick Archuleta	Treasurer	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Kjersti Armstrong	Past Chair	2.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Zachery King	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Cesareo Alvarez	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Judy Anderson	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Alissa Adams	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Megan Langley	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Scott Nelson	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Victoria Rae Teske	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Lawrence Prout	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Matuor Alier	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Scott Meyer	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
John E Harris III	President/CEO	40.00	Officer	$285,762	$18,720	$304,482
John Gast	Director of Finance	40.00	Officer	$121,740	$21,814	$143,554
Jack Anderson	Director of Engineering	40.00	Highest	$128,898	$22,244	$151,142
William Thomas	Director of Radio	40.00	Highest	$121,124	$27,792	$148,916

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2024	$11,525,829	$8,724,857	$36,193,644	$2,800,972
2023	$10,559,616	$7,842,336	$32,047,787	$2,717,280
2022	$9,704,399	$7,494,663	$27,860,297	$2,209,736
2021	$9,397,747	$7,025,407	$27,324,960	$2,372,340
2020	$8,969,767	$7,275,523	$24,395,167	$1,694,244
2019	$8,336,295	$7,483,821	$22,772,895	$852,474
2018	$9,412,643	$7,607,585	$21,786,254	$1,805,058