Npr Annual Report 2011
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NPR ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Fiscal Year 2011 | 1 FISCAL YEAR 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter 3 NPR Leadership Team 4 NPR Board of Directors 5 NPR Foundation Board of Trustees 6 Corporate Sponsors 8 Institutional Donors 12 Statement of Financial Position 13 Statement of Activities 14 Awards 15 NPR Stations 18 Fiscal Year 2011 | 2 FISCAL YEAR 11 WELCOME TO THE 2011 ANNUAL REPORT FROM NPR was a year of intense news events, and NPR the highest casualty rate of any Marine unit in the 10 News covered the world like no other media years of the war in Afghanistan. Listeners heard about the organization. Combining the strengths intense battles faced by the men fighting to survive, and ITof journalists in NPR’s award-winning the struggle of their families to endure at home. newsroom and at NPR Member Stations, NPR News broke Among the achievements during the year, NPR was news and brought depth and context to current events honored with three George Foster Peabody Awards for for listeners across the nation, and, through our expanding our unwavering coverage of Pakistan, an investigation into array of digital tools, around the world. the bail bonds system, and a series examining the failure Demonstrating our signature journalistic excellence, NPR of colleges to protect women from sexual assault. brought listeners into the news events of the day with Listeners came to NPR to learn more about the issues, powerful multimedia coverage. and share their ideas. Through local station talk shows, On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we brought forward the and national call-in programs such as NPR’s Talk of the stories and voices of those touched in the tragedy and Nation, NPR encouraged national conversations about examined how the attacks affected people’s lives and the people and news developments of the day. From shaped America’s collective outlook and future. unemployment to terrorism, individuals across the country offered their voices and views. We brought listeners to “Beginnings,” as All Things Considered delved into the universal subject of childbirth We celebrated cultural events and milestones, and we through a far-reaching collection of reports and features continued to build audience and attention around music looking at medical, cultural, and economic aspects of and music-makers, with “First Listen” concerts and live birth around the world. broadcasts from major music events such as South by Southwest and the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals. Public policy came into sharper focus, with the launch Online, NPR’s AltLatino blog continued to bring the of StateImpact, a partnership between NPR and Member world the latest and greatest and up and coming Latin Stations that follows the impact of public policy on alternative music and rock in Spanish with coverage in people’s lives. both English and Spanish. With the Center for Public Integrity, NPR made public The public radio audience continued to remain at near for the first time an internal EPA watch list that includes record-high levels in 2011, with NPR programming and serious or chronic Clean Air Act violators that have newscasts reaching over 26 million listeners every week. faced no formal enforcement action for months, as part Digital audiences continue to grow, attracted to NPR’s of a joint investigation by the two organizations into industry-leading apps and mobile options that bring NPR “Poisoned Places” across the country. NPR Member and station programming to listeners in new ways. Stations in 10 states — including StateImpact Texas and StateImpact Pennsylvania—were part of the collaboration. We thank all of those who make public radio a part of their daily lives. We gave an inside account of “The Darkhorse Battalion,” the Third Battalion, Fifth Marine regiment, which suffered Fiscal Year 2011 | 3 FISCAL YEAR 11 NPR LEADERSHIP TEAM Gary E. Knell Dana Davis Rehm President and CEO Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications, and External Relations Zach Brand Vice President, Digital Media, Mike Riksen Technology Strategy and Operations Vice President, Policy and Representation Deborah A. Cowan Joyce Slocum Vice President, Finance and Administration General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Chief Financial Officer Margaret Low Smith Debra Delman Acting Senior Vice President, News Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations and Finance Mike Starling Marty Garrison Executive Director, Technology Research Center Vice President, Technology Operations and NPR Labs and Broadcast Engineering Kinsey Wilson Robert Kempf Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media Vice President and General Manager, Digital Services Keith Woods Peter Loewenstein Vice President, Diversity in News and Operations Vice President, Distribution Stephen Moss Joyce MacDonald President and CEO, National Public Media Vice President, Member and Audience Partnership Eric Nuzum Acting Vice President, Programming Jeff Perkins Chief People Officer and Vice President, Human Resources Jaime Porter Interim Vice President, Development Fiscal Year 2011 | 4 FISCAL YEAR 11 NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dave Edwards Caryn Mathes Chair NPR Board of Directors Director/General Manager General Manager, WAMU WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio Greg Petrowich Carol A. Cartwright Executive Director, WSIU Public Broadcasting Vice-Chair NPR Board of Directors President Emeritus, Kent State University, Bowling Green State University Florence Rogers President and General Manager, Nevada Public Radio Bill Davis President and CEO, Southern California Public Radio Marita Rivero Vice President and General Manager, Patricia Diaz Dennis WGBH Radio and Television Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Retired AT&T Roger Sarow President, WFAE-FM Jose A. Fajardo President & Chief Executive Officer, WMFE-TV/FM Joyce Slocum Interim CEO and President, NPR Betsy Gardella President and Chief Executive Officer, Antoine W. van Agtmael New Hampshire Public Radio Chair, NPR Foundation Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Paul Haaga Emerging Markets Management LLP Chairman of the Board, Capital Research & Management Company Eduardo A. Hauser Chief Executive Officer DailyMe, Inc John A. Herrmann, Jr. Vice Chairman Lincoln International Kit Jensen Chief Operating Officer, WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN, ideastream® Fiscal Year 2011 | 5 FISCAL YEAR 11 NPR FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustees Antoine W. van Agtmael John A. Herrmann, Jr. Joseph C. McNay Chair, NPR Foundation; New York, NY Boston, MA Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Richard Hertzberg Lynn Pigott Mowe Management LLP Del Mar, CA Medina, WA Arlington, VA Peter N. Heydon Miriam Muscarolas Norris Bishton, Jr. Ann Arbor, MI Los Angeles, CA Pacific Palisades, CA Stephen A. Hopkins Patricia M. Papper Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Washington, DC Miami, FL Chicago, IL Perrin H. Ireland George McCorkell Plews Henry E. Catto Cambridge, MA Indianapolis, IN San Antonio, TX Patricia Ishiyama William J. Poorvu Donald P. de Brier San Francisco, CA Cambridge, MA Los Angeles, CA Jane Frank Katcher Richard Rampell, CPA Thomas S. Foster Coconut Grove, FL Palm Beach, FL Middleburg, VA Jeffrey L. Kenner Murray Sinclaire Paul M. Ginsburg New York, NY Cincinnati, OH Ross, CA Jonathan W. Kutchins Camilla Smith Harriett Gold Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Stuart Lucas Judith Zee Steinberg James M. Grant Chicago, IL Aspen, CO New York, NY John Patrick McGinn Fredericka O. Stevenson Anette L. Harris New York, NY Cambridge, MA Tiburon, CA Fiscal Year 2011 | 6 FISCAL YEAR 11 NPR FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Bernee D.L. Strom Trustees Emeriti Kirkland, WA Dean V. Ambrose Los Angeles, CA Peter DeMott Swift, MD Charlotte, VT Sukey Garcetti Los Angeles, CA Roselyne C. Swig San Francisco, CA Barbara S. Linhart New York, NY Charlotte V. Winton San Francisco, CA Sandra S. Pressman Howard Wollner Beverly Hills, CA Seattle, WA Lee B. Ramer Ex Officio Trustees Los Angeles, CA Dave Edwards Chair, NPR Board of Directors Betsy Gardella NPR Board of Directors Concord, NH Joyce Slocum Interim CEO and President, NPR Washington, DC Fiscal Year 2011 | 7 FISCAL YEAR 11 CORPORATE SPONSORS 20 B Cirque du Soleil CITGO 20th Century Fox Bank of America Citrix Systems 20x200 BBC America Civic Ventures Berklee College of Music A CNN Berkley Books Columbia University AARP BFM Digital Comerica Bank AEG Live Blinds.com Concord Music Group Aetna Foundation Bloomberg Television Concrete Marketing Allstate Insurance Company Blue Castle Records Conquer Cancer Foundation Ally Bank Blue Note Records Constant Contact American Express Company Booz Allen Hamilton Constellation Energy Group American Public Transportation Bose Corporation Association Consumer Reports Bryant University Americans for the Arts CouponCabin Buick America’s Natural Gas Alliance Craft in America Amos Publishing C Credit Suisse Group Anchor Bay Entertainment CSX Corporation Cabot Creamery Cooperative Angie’s List Current TV Cadillac Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Capella University D ANTI Capitol Records Dead Oceans Records AOL Carbonite Deluxe Corporation Apple Cargill Diageo The Aspen Institute Cathay Pacific Airways Discovery Communications Association of Boarding Schools Cedars-Sinai DK Publishing Atlantic Records Center Theatre Group Domtar Corporation ATO Records CenturyLink Charles Schwab & Co. Chevrolet Fiscal Year 2011 | 8 FISCAL YEAR 11 CORPORATE SPONSORS E Google JPMorgan Chase & Co. Greater Pittsburgh Convention & JustAnswer Corp. EarthShare Visitors Bureau The Economist K H Elektra Records KeyCorp EMI Music