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Filing year 2023

NPR FOUNDATION

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1795789·3
Total revenue
$23M
Total assets
$403.7M
Total expenses
$32.5M
Reported officers
58
Mission

THE NPR FOUNDATION ("FOUNDATION") IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS SOLE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. ("NPR INC."). THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NPR INC. THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SOLICITING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, CONDUCTING FUNDRAISING EVENTS, AND MANAGING AN ENDOWMENT FUND WHICH BENEFITS NPR INC. THE FOUNDATION DISBURSES FUNDS IT RAISES ALONG WITH EARNINGS ON THE ENDOWMENT FUND TO NPR INC. FOR THE OPERATION, PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT, CAPITAL EXPANSION, AND OTHER VALID ACTIVITIES OF NPR INC. SUBJECT TO DONOR RESTRICTIONS.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President & CEO (to 04/24)
$48k
$53k
Assistant Treasurer
$40k
$43k
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$25k
$28k
$21k
$23k
$12k
$13k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 53 unpaid individuals.

Up 18%
from 2022

From $41k in 2022 to $48k in 2023.

$41k
2022
$48k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 15% in real terms$46k to $53k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

NPR FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$21.3M
$34M
2022
$23M
$32.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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