Public Charity

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC

Based in WASHINGTON, DC, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $354.1M in revenue, $335.5M in expenses, $424.6M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 375 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $313.5M.

EIN: 520907625 WASHINGTON, DC Radio NTEE: A34 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$354.1M
Total Expenses$335.5M
Total Assets$424.6M
Grant Records375
Funding Total$313.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. (NPR) COLLABORATES WITH MEMBER PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC, ONE CHALLENGED AND INVIGORATED BY A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EVENTS, IDEAS, AND CULTURES. NPR ADVANCES THIS MISSION BY PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING NONCOMMERCIAL PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION, ADVOCATING FOR MEMBER STATIONS' SHARED INTERESTS, AND OPERATING THE SATELLITE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC RADIO.

Where $100 goes at National Public Radio Inc

How National Public Radio Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$67 Programs the work itself
$29 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $67 for programs

$52
Content production and distribution
78% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 22 programs; 24 programs
$11
Network, digital, and content support
16% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 244 organizations
$4
Distribution and interconnection
6% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

FORMER OFFICER Anya Grundmann
SR. HOST Ari Shapiro
VICE CHAIR Catherine Levene
SVP, TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS Christopher Nelson
CHIEF OF STAFF (TO 12/24) Christopher Turpin
DEP. GEN. COUNSEL & ASST. SEC. Danette Zaghari-Mask

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$181,388,180 228 grants
Arts & Culture
$15,212,703 66 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,000,000 1 grant
Animal Welfare
$526,000 5 grants
Economic Development
$407,192 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $354.1M $335.5M $424.6M
2024 $325.2M $314.9M $407.6M
2023 $302.5M $315.8M $388.5M
2022 $305.6M $307.1M $409.7M
2021 $288.1M $271.2M $424.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $288.1M to $354.1M (+23%), with total assets most recently reported at $424.6M.

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