Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$12,775,655

Total expenses

$12,329,458

Contributions and grants received

$12,448,449

Grants paid

$672,250

Program service revenue

$506

Investment income

$326,700

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$13,567,543

Total liabilities, end of year

$482,246

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,085,297

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$9,464,034

Management and general expenses

$265,618

Fundraising expenses

$2,599,806

Program service expenses (Part III)

$9,464,034

Program services were 76.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO (WPR) SO THAT WPR CAN CAPITALIZE ON DIGITAL MULTICASTING TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE BROAD ACCESS TO AWARD-WINNING NEWS, COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS, INSPIRING MUSIC AND ENGAGING ENTERTAINMENT ACROSS WISCONSIN. OUR 38 STATIONS REACH APPROXIMATELY 375,000 LISTENERS EVERY WEEK ON THREE NETWORKS: THE IDEAS NETWORK, NPR NEWS & MUSIC, AND THE ALL CLASSICAL NETWORK. WPR ALSO OFFERS ARCHIVES AND PODCASTS OF MANY PROGRAMS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON THESE NETWORKS. WPR'S SEASONED HOSTS FACILITATE OVER 2,000 HOURS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GUEST EXPERTS AND CALLERS EVERY YEAR.PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: WPR'S TRUSTED AND TIMELY NEWS PROGRAMS INCLUDE "MORNING EDITION," "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AND THE BEST OF NPR, THE BBC AND APM PLUS STATE AND LOCAL NEWS EVERY WEEKDAY. REPORTERS AND LOCALLY HOSTED PROGRAMS BUILD STATEWIDE CONNECTIONS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES FROM BUREAUS IN MILWAUKEE, MADISON, GREEN BAY, WAUSAU, LA CROSSE, EAU CLAIRE AND SUPERIOR.THE IDEAS NETWORK FOSTERS LIFELONG LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH REGIONAL, STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL CALL-IN SHOWS THAT FOCUS ON EVERYTHING FROM CURRENT EVENTS TO PRACTICAL ADVICE TO POP CULTURE. WPR IS TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS WITH PUBLIC MEDIA'S HIGH STANDARDS OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY VIA THREE FELLOWSHIPS FOCUSED ON EARLY CAREER JOURNALISTS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES.WPR PROVIDES MUSIC PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON THE STATE'S COMMERCIAL AIRWAVES INCLUDING CLASSICAL, FOLK, JAZZ, AND WORLD MUSIC. WPR ALSO CARRIES LIVE METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCASTS AND PRODUCES REGIONAL MUSIC SHOWS. WPR'S ALL CLASSICAL NETWORK STREAMS ORIGINAL AND SYNDICATED CLASSICAL MUSIC TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY ONLINE AND VIA HD RADIO IN SELECT MARKETS.WPR'S WEBSITE, WWW.WPR.ORG, SERVES MORE THAN 10 MILLION PAGEVIEWS OF WPR AND NPR NEWS AND INFORMATION CONTENT, COMMUNITY CALENDARS, AND STATION INFORMATION. EACH MONTH WPR'S WEBSITE AND APP SERVE MORE THAN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVE AND ARCHIVED AUDIO STREAMS TO AUDIENCES IN WISCONSIN AND AROUND THE WORLD. WPR'S MOBILE APP MAKES IT EASY TO READ AND LISTEN TO OUR LIVE AND ARCHIVED CONTENT WHEREVER AUDIENCES ARE. WPR PODCASTS - AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS - INCLUDE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS AND PROGRAMS FOUND ON OUR BROADCAST SCHEDULE.WISCONSINITES ATTEND WPR'S COMMUNITY EVENTS HELD ONLINE AND IN CITIES AROUND THE STATE EACH YEAR. WPR ALSO HELPS LOCAL NONPROFITS PROMOTE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE LOCAL TREASURES, ENCOURAGE LITERACY, MUSIC EDUCATION, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MORE.

  Expenses $9,464,034 · Grants $672,250 · Revenue $506

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $277,119

  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $200,000

  PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT

• EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD

  $100,000

  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $35,131

  SIMONSON FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $30,000

  SUPERIOR REGION

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $25,000

  WISCONSIN LIFE RADIO PROGRAM SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 December 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333419349300218

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