Southern California Public Radio: $34.2M Revenue, $41.7M Expenses

Southern California Public Radio earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 51/100.

Southern California Public Radio reported $34.2M in 2023 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. Operating reserves at Southern California Public Radio are adequate: the balance sheet covers a reasonable share of annual expenses, though not a deep multi-year cushion.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Southern California Public Radio is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation runs notably high relative to organizational size: $2.9M against $34.2M in revenue. This is one of the factors driving the efficiency grade down on the rubric. Southern California Public Radio 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.