Wgbh Educational Foundation: $220.6M Revenue, $225.6M Expenses

Wgbh Educational Foundation 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: 52/100.

Wgbh Educational Foundation is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $220.6M in 2023 revenue against $225.6M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the financial-health factor, Wgbh Educational Foundation runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Wgbh Educational Foundation 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: Wgbh Educational Foundation reports $4.3M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $220.6M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. Wgbh Educational Foundation 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.