Public Charity

UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION INC

UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION INC is a Public Charity headquartered in CHARLOTTE, NC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $7.5M revenue, $7.6M expenses, $6.5M total assets. 104 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 561803808 CHARLOTTE, NC Radio NTEE: A34 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$7.5M
Total Expenses$7.6M
Total Assets$6.5M
Grant Records104
Funding Total$6.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

JOURNALISM THAT INFORMS, ENRICHES, AND INSPIRES. OUR VISION IS TO HELP CREATE A MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY GROUNDED IN OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER 2025 Alicia Young Hall
BOARD MEMBER 2024 & 2025 Ann Caulkins
EXEC DIR OF MEMBERSHIP/MAJOR GIFTS Candice Johnson
CHAIR 2024 & TREASURER 2025 Chris Cicoletti
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Debra Turner Bailey
EXEC DIR OF CORP DEVELOPMENT De Cordell

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Top Grant Purposes

RCSG
$3,032,051 8 grants
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
$765,436 4 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$737,533 9 grants
RFSG
$319,136 2 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$311,074 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $7.5M $7.6M $6.5M
2024 $7.7M $7.8M $6.1M
2023 $7.1M $8.8M $7.1M
2022 $7.7M $7.9M $6.5M
2021 $8.5M $7.4M $8.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $8.5M to $7.5M (-12%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.5M.

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