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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN COALITION FOR PUBLIC RADIO.

Totals

Total revenue
$592,719
Total expenses
$592,719
Contributions and grants received
$592,719
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$489
Total liabilities, end of year
$489
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$573,568
Management and general expenses
$19,151
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$573,568

Program services were 96.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $590,715

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,004

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $32,679 · program services $30,893 · management and general $1,786

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $53,593 · program services $52,140 · management and general $1,453

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,189 · program services $3,185 · management and general $4

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,612 · program services $4,606 · management and general $6

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,291 · program services $6,087 · management and general $204

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,144 · management and general $4,144

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $326,102 · program services $326,102

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $79,750 · program services $79,750

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $49,016 · program services $39,777 · management and general $9,239

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,357 · program services $8,064 · management and general $293

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,232 · management and general $1,232

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $394 · program services $394

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTERCOMPANY EXPENSES

    total $22,593 · program services $21,803 · management and general $790

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $767 · program services $767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $489

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $489

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN COALITION FOR PUBLIC RADIO SUPPORTS THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED, NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS, NETWORKS, AND SYSTEMS (COLLECTIVELY, "PUBLIC RADIO").

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • THE AMERICAN COALITION FOR PUBLIC RADIO (ACPR) SOLICITS AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC RADIO THROUGH GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. ACPR ALSO OPERATES THE NONCOMMUSIC ALLIANCE, THE ALLIANCE OF RURAL PUBLIC MEDIA, AND, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, PROTECTMYPUBLICMEDIA.ORG. THE NONCOMMUSIC ALLIANCE IS A GROUP OF PUBLIC RADIO MUSIC STATIONS, MUSICIANS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RADIO AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF MUSIC DISCOVERY, PERFORMANCE, AND COMMUNITY, AND HELPS PUBLIC RADIO MUSIC STATIONS SERVE THEIR LISTENERS. IT DISSEMINATES INFORMATION THROUGH NONCOMMUSIC.ORG. THE ALLIANCE OF RURAL PUBLIC MEDIA IS A GROUP OF PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS SERVING RURAL AUDIENCES. IT SEEKS TO INFORM LAWMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL WORK OF THESE STATIONS NATIONWIDE, TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ALLOW RURAL STATIONS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING INDISPENSABLE LOCAL NEWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC AND OTHER PROGRAMMING. IT DISSEMINATES INFORMATION THROUGH RURALPUBLIC.ORG. PROTECTMYPUBLICMEDIA.ORG ENCOURAGED THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS ABOUT PUBLIC RADIO. ACPR CO-MANAGED THE SITE WITH APTS ACTION, INC., AN ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH AMERICA'S PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS (APTS). ACPR IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH EITHER APTS OR APTS ACTION, INC. IN MAY 2025, ACPR LAUNCHED THE GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN GOACPR.ORG, GIVING PUBLIC RADIO SUPPORTERS AN ADDITIONAL CHANNEL FOR VOICING THEIR OPINIONS TO THEIR ELECTED STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.

    Expenses $573,568

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL SMITH

    DIR., SEC. & TREAS. (END 03/25)

    Total calculated
    $497,211
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $448,165
    Other
    $49,046
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 39.97 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $390,375 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $57,790 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,842 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,204 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $497,211 related

  • GEMMA HOOLEY

    DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $393,196
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $361,531
    Other
    $31,665
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 39.97 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $315,432 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $46,099 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,592 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,073 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $393,196 related

  • PAUL G HAAGA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 1.03 related

  • RYAN MERKLEY

    DIR., SEC. & TREAS. (BEG. 05/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 39.97 related

  • MARTA MCLELLAN ROSS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $316,329
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $297,006
    Other
    $19,323
    Hours/week
    3.87 + 36.13 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $270,084 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $26,922 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,823 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $316,329 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE AMERICAN COALITION FOR PUBLIC RADIO (ACPR) RELIES ON ITS RELATED ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. (NPR), TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF ACPR'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. TO ENSURE MARKET REASONABLENESS, NPR UTILIZES INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS AND OBJECTIVE COMPARABILITY SURVEYS. THE FINAL COMPENSATION IS THEN APPROVED BY THE NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ITS COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202642239349300049

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