Corporation For Public Broadcasting: $582.0M Revenue, $518.7M Expenses

Corporation For Public Broadcasting grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 76/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Corporation For Public Broadcasting is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $582.0M in 2023 revenue against $518.7M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the reserves factor, Corporation For Public Broadcasting scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Corporation For Public Broadcasting is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Corporation For Public Broadcasting reports $3.9M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $582.0M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. Corporation For Public Broadcasting sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.