NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC (EIN 52-0907625)
Tax period: 2014-10-01 to 2015-09-30
Filed: 2016-08-11
IRS object ID: 201612249349301021
Schema version: 2014v6.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-08-11T09:58:23-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BDO USA LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8401 GREENSBORO DRIVE SUITE 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	MCLEAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	520907625	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% NPRINC DEBORAH A COWAN	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2025132000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20002	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Deborah A Cowan	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO AND TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-08-11	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MARC R BERGER CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01871563	PTIN
Phone	7038930600	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-12-15 16:53:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NPR	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JARL MOHN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20002	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$267,392,738	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.NPR.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1970	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. (NPR) WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBER STATIONS TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC - ONE CHALLENEGED AND INVIGORATED BY A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1339	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	41	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$14,170,280	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$1,383,701	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$81,542,198	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$80,146,318	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$116,896,858	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$107,943,351	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,709,413	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,685,273	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,053,406	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$3,756,058	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$204,201,875	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$196,531,000	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$51,888	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$104,463	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$129,604,760	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$120,863,961	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$13,749,013	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$94,800,049	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$81,950,932	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$224,456,697	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$202,919,356	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$20,254,822	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$6,388,356	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$354,831,728	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$344,175,950	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$214,617,464	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$216,650,431	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$140,214,264	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$127,525,519	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	NPR WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBER STATIONS TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC - ONE CHALLENGED AND INVIGORATED BY A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF EVENTS, IDEAS, AND CULTURES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, NPR PRODUCES, ACQUIRES, AND DISTRIBUTES PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION; NPR REPRESENTS ITS MEMBERS IN MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST; AND NPR PROVIDES SATELLITE AND INTERNET INTERCONNECTION FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$146,859,563	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$104,463	GrantAmt
Revenue	$93,357,984	RevenueAmt
Desc	NEWS AND INFORMATION, PROGRAMMING, AND ENGINEERING - NPR IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF NEWS, DIGITAL MEDIA, PROGRAMMING, AND AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN SOUND GATHERING AND AUDIO PRODUCTION. DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, NPR'S PROGRAMMING REACHED A WEEKLY AUDIENCE OF OVER 26 MILLION PEOPLE. ALL OF PUBLIC RADIO COVERS 95% OF THE U.S. POPULATION AND REACHES OVER 33 MILLION LISTENERS WEEKLY. NPR PRODUCES AND/OR DISTRIBUTES 26 NEWS, TALK, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT BROADCAST PROGRAMS, AND NINE PODCAST PROGRAMS (APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILLION AVERAGE UNIQUE WEEKLY USERS OF NPR-PRODUCED PODCAST PROGRAMS). ADDITIONALLY, NPR PROGRAMMING IS HEARD ON SATELLITE RADIO, HD RADIO, ITUNES RADIO, ON MEMBER STATION WEB STREAMS, AND INTERNATIONALLY. NPR ALSO BROADCASTS ITS PROGRAMMING TO THE U.S. MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE ARMED FORCES RADIO NETWORK AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL SERVICES. SOME PROGRAMS PRODUCED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY NPR INCLUDE: MORNING EDITION, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WEEKEND EDITION, FRESH AIR, THE TED RADIO HOUR, ASK ME ANOTHER, THE DIANE REHM SHOW, THE BEST OF CAR TALK, WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, HERE & NOW, INVISIBILIA, AND NPR NEWSCASTS 24 HOURS A DAY. NPR'S DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION EXPANDS NPR'S PUBLIC SERVICE BY OFFERING NPR CONTENT FREE OF CHARGE ON THE WEB, MOBILE DEVICES, AND OTHER EMERGING DIGITAL PLATFORMS. MONTHLY, APPROXIMATELY 31 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS ACCESS NPR'S DIGITAL PLATFORMS. CONTENT INCLUDES REAL-TIME NEWS REPORTS, LIVE STREAMS, AND ON-DEMAND DOWNLOADS OF NPR AND MEMBER STATION AUDIO, ARCHIVAL AUDIO SPANNING MORE THAN A DECADE, ORIGINAL FEATURE STORIES, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSIGHT INTO REPORTS AIRING ON NPR PROGRAMS, COMMENTARY, AND CONTENT EXCLUSIVE TO THE INTERNET. SOME OF THE DIVISION'S PROJECTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED EXPANDING THE CONTENT OFFERINGS IN NPR ONE (A PERSONALIZED AUDIO PLAYER THAT LAUNCHED IN JULY 2014); A DEVELOPER PLATFORM TO EXTEND NPR ONE INTO CONNECTED CARS, TVS, AND OTHER DEVICES; AND SEVERAL INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO HELP STATIONS CONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC RADIO AUDIENCE OVER THESE EMERGING DIGITAL PLATFORMS. NPR'S DIGITAL SERVICES DIVISION WORKS WITH PUBLIC BROADCAST STATIONS TO GROW AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES ACROSS PLATFORMS BY PROVIDING CONTENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND BUSINESS SUPPORT, WHICH ALLOWS STATIONS TO FOCUS ON MISSION-DERIVED LOCAL CONTENT, BRAND POSITIONING, AND REVENUE DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THE DIVISION'S PROJECTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED UPGRADING AND OPTIMIZING ITS PLEDGE AND EMAIL PRODUCTS FOR THE MOBILE EXPERIENCE, CONNECTING ITS PUBLISHING PRODUCT TO THE PUBLIC MEDIA PLATFORM, AND BUILDING OUT TOOLS TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE STATION COLLABORATION WITH NPR'S DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$14,014,076	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$11,276,817	RevenueAmt
Desc	NPR'S DISTRIBUTION DIVISION (DISTRIBUTION) OPERATES AND MANAGES THE PUBLIC RADIO SATELLITE SYSTEM (PRSS). PRSS IS A COMBINED SATELLITE AND INTERNET CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE FOR PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAMMING AND RELATED DIGITAL CONTENT. IN ADDITION TO ITS REGULAR OPERATIONS, DISTRIBUTION MANAGES GRANT-FUNDED NATIONAL PROJECT INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE PRSS ACTIVITIES. RELATED DIGITAL CONTENT IS COMPRISED OF NPR'S CONTENT AS WELL AS CONTENT FROM OTHER PROGRAM PRODUCERS AND INDEPENDENT RADIO PRODUCERS. THE PRSS IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC RADIO USERS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, INCOME, ORGANIZATION, OR PROGRAMMING AFFILIATION. THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS OF THE PRSS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FEES PAID BY BOTH PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS FOR THEIR USE OF THE PRSS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,444,875	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$3,308,550	RevenueAmt
Desc	ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, NPR'S MEMBERSHIP CONSISTED OF 264 NON-COMMERCIAL BROADCAST ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING 920 RADIO STATIONS. WHEN NON-MEMBER PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS LICENSING NPR PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED, A GRAND TOTAL OF 1,059 PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AIRED NPR PROGRAMMING. MEMBERS INCLUDE LONG ESTABLISHED, HIGHLY REGARDED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING MANY TOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS THE LARGEST, MOST INFLUENTIAL STATION-BASED PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. NPR'S FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH DERIVES IN SIGNIFICANT MEASURE FROM THE STRENGTH OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE NPR MEMBERSHIP AS A WHOLE. NPR SERVES AND COLLABORATES WITH MEMBER STATIONS IN NEWSGATHERING AND REPORTING, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, FUNDRAISING, RADIO DISTRIBUTION, DIGITAL INITIATIVES, DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL AND NEW REVENUE STREAMS, AND REPRESENTATION ON ISSUES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$970,387	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$117,004	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONSUMER PRODUCTS	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$970,387	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$117,004	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$163,288,901	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	815	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1339	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	GM	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	RS	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (true)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	Yes (true)	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NPRINC DEBORAH A COWAN	PersonNm
Phone	2025132000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	CFO 1111 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20002	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (51 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
MOHN JARL
President & CEO	39.0	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$229,969	$0	$5,072
ARREDONDO FABIOLA
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BOSKIN CHRIS
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CRANE MIKE
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DENNIS PATRICIA DIAZ
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DUST FRED
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GARDELLA BETSY
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HAAGA PAUL G JR
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JENSEN KIT
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LAMAY ROGER
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATHES CARYN
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETROWICH GREG
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RIVERO MARITA
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROGERS FLORENCE ME
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SAROW ROGER
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SAVAGE MIKE
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SWANSON KERRY
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WALKER CONNIE
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WOLLNER HOWARD
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WOTOWICZ JOHN S
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BEACH MICHAEL F
VP, DISTRIBUTION	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$130,433	$0	$10,273
BRAND ZACHARY J
VP, NPR DIGITAL MEDIA	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$224,706	$0	$33,808
CARRASCO EMMA J
CMO & SR.VP AUDIENCE DEVELOPM.	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$345,316	$0	$13,547
COWAN DEBORAH A
CFO & TREASURER	39.0	1.0		Yes (X)	$238,998	$0	$25,113
GARRISON STANLEY M
VP, TECH OPS&BROADCAST ENGING	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$257,420	$0	$34,831
HANSON MONIQUE H
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$310,001	$0	$16,434
HART JONATHAN
CLO, GC, SECRETARY	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$192,324	$0	$5,559
HOOLEY GEMMA
VP, MEMBER PARTNERSHIP	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$186,686	$0	$20,227
KEMPF ROBERT P
VP, NPR DIGITAL SERVICES	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$245,600	$0	$17,608
LANG ELISABETH G
ASSISTANT TREASURER	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$166,135	$0	$28,840
LUMBARD SARAH E
VP, CONTENT STRATEGY AND OPS	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$196,339	$0	$18,453
MACDONALD JOYCE
COS AND VP, MEMBER PARTNERSHIP	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$287,952	$0	$27,320
MAYOR LOREN A
COO, SR. VICE PRESIDENT	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$284,337	$0	$22,221
NUZUM ERIC D
VP, PROGRAMMING	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$166,439	$0	$27,362
ORESKES MICHAEL
SVP NEWS, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
POWELL MARJORIE
VP, HUMAN RESOURCES	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$58,161	$0	$1,826
RIKSEN MICHAEL R
VP, POLICY & REPRESENTATION	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$233,125	$0	$33,499
SHANAHAN MICHELLE M
ASSISTANT SECRETARY	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$186,921	$0	$15,315
TURPIN CHRISTOPHER
VP, NEWS PROGR., & OPERATIONS	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$203,500	$0	$34,933
WILSON KINSEY
CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER, EVP	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$540,420	$0	$30,155
WOODS KEITH M
VP, DIVERSITY IN NEWS & OPS	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$222,589	$0	$15,366
INSKEEP STEVEN A
SR. HOST, MORNING EDITION	40.0	0.0			$381,448	$0	$32,303	Yes (X)
MONTAGNE RENEE
SR. HOST, MORNING EDITION CA	40.0	0.0			$394,110	$0	$26,761	Yes (X)
SAGAL PETER
HOST, WWDTM	40.0	0.0			$362,744	$0	$32,441	Yes (X)
SIEGEL ROBERT
SR. HOST ATC	40.0	0.0			$392,249	$0	$23,655	Yes (X)
SIMON SCOTT
SR. HOST WE	40.0	0.0			$398,879	$0	$34,577	Yes (X)
LOEWENSTEIN PETER J
VP, DISTRIBUTION, TO 12/29/13	0.0	0.0			$218,913	$0	$823		Yes (X)
MINATRA TERRI J
VP, GC, ASST.SECR. TO 3/31/14	0.0	0.0			$308,214	$0	$10,125		Yes (X)
SLOCUM JOYCE
CAO, SECRETARY, TO 12/6/13	0.0	0.0			$330,158	$0	$0		Yes (X)
LOW MARGARET
SVP, NEWS, TO 8/1/14	0.0	0.0			$210,306	$0	$24,611		Yes (X)
STARLING MICHAEL I
VP, EXEC. DIR., TO 1/11/14	0.0	0.0			$196,042	$0	$1,102		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$8,100,434	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$624,160	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	415	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
WHYY INC
150 NORTH SIXTH STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19106	ACQUIRED PROGRAMS	$3,602,119
TAPPET BROTHERS LLC
5 JOHN F KENNEDY STREET STE 304	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	ACQUIRED PROGRAMS	$2,570,000
DTZ INC
275 GROVE STREET SUITE 3-200	AUBURNDALE	MA	02466	JANITORIAL SERVICES	$1,465,962
WBUR-FM WRNI
890 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE	BOSTON	MA	02215	ACQUIRED PROGRAMS	$1,328,270
ADMIRAL SECURITY SERVICES
PO BOX 79776	BALTIMORE	MD	21279	SECURITY SERVICES	$1,111,281

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	58	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$632,192	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Related Organizations	$25,050,234	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$65,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$54,398,892	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$80,146,318	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
STATION PROGRAMMING FEES	515100	$73,618,790	$73,618,790
DISTRIBUTION SERVICES	515100	$11,276,817	$8,909,622	$2,367,195
DIGITAL MEDIA SPONSORSHIP	900004	$11,911,558		$11,911,558
MEMBERSHIP DUES	515100	$3,308,550	$3,308,550
DIGITAL SERVICES	518210	$4,670,740	$4,670,740

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,156,896	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,138,931	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$17,965	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$107,943,351	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$553,951	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$530,489	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,084,440	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,317,208	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,317,208	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$391,268	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$106,541	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$284,727	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$284,727	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$284,727	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$73,307,802	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$99,838	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$69,276,318	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$4,031,484	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$99,838	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,131,322	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,131,322	ExclusionAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,999,934	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,478,879	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$521,055	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$117,004	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$404,051	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
PARKING GARAGE FEES	812930	$334,070	$334,070
SPACE LICENSE FEES	900099	$160,830	$160,830
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	900004	$138,168	$138,168

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$633,068	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$196,531,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$93,763,637	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$14,170,280	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$8,450,765	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,463	TotalAmt
Program Services	$104,463	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,262,901	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,283,679	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,608,386	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$370,836	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$93,642,029	TotalAmt
Program Services	$74,918,780	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,935,399	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,787,850	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,694,620	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,776,545	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$782,449	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$135,626	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,337,051	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,112,954	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$15,739,235	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$963,332	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,927,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,421,156	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,291,796	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$214,408	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$854,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,143	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$824,855	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$206,831	TotalAmt
Management And General	$206,831	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$541,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$541,070	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$141,683	TotalAmt
Management And General	$141,683	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,852,950	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,140,208	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,464,497	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$248,245	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$254,034	TotalAmt
Program Services	$178,258	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$65,902	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,874	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,401,762	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,483,107	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,871,966	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,689	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,975,271	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,545,470	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$426,792	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,009	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,075,724	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,871,671	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$8,221,859	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$425,912	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,915,797	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,807,129	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$825,226	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$283,442	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,172,298	TotalAmt
Program Services	$202,177	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$546,473	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$423,648	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,676,086	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,676,086	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,716,056	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,097,564	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,617,486	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,006	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$699,458	TotalAmt
Program Services	$222	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$699,236	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
CONTENT ACQUISITION	$18,028,464	$17,952,538	$75,926
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP	$8,896,900			$8,896,900
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT	$1,380,067	$821,210	$523,121	$35,736
SATELLITE EQUIPMENT	$268,631	$268,624	$7

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-$1,107,148	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,731,933	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$1,741,581	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	-$1,097,500	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$202,919,356	TotalAmt
Program Services	$163,288,901	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,881,442	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,749,013	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$324,347	BOYAmt
EOY	$320,943	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,189,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,336,780	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,676,185	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,716,380	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,228,507	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,172,948	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,106,734	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,384,840	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,718,812	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,121,282	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$276,637,200	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$51,161,190	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$231,132,213	BOYAmt
EOY	$225,476,010	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,640,296	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,995,071	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,647,156	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,638,509	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,168,161	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,013,187	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$354,831,728	BOYAmt
EOY	$344,175,950	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,200,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,648,601	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,984,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,839,094	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$171,701,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$168,669,952	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$730,360	BOYAmt
EOY	$492,784	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,000,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$214,617,464	BOYAmt
EOY	$216,650,431	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$120,306,757	BOYAmt
EOY	$114,331,969	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,907,507	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,193,550	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,214,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,525,519	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$354,831,728	BOYAmt
EOY	$344,175,950	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$6,388,356	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$6,675,904	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$375,515	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$67,366,799	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$77,721,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$82,688,714	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$81,542,198	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$80,146,318	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$389,465,747	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$67,366,799	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$77,721,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$82,688,714	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$81,542,198	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$80,146,318	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$389,465,747	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,856,076	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$387,609,671	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,087,304	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,995,916	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,976,541	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,644,721	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,792,916	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$19,497,398	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$336,547	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$405,987	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$364,298	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$635,887	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$633,068	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,375,787	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$411,338,932	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$481,978,583	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.94231	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.94077	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbyingGrp
Total Lobbying Expend		TotalLobbyingExpendGrp
Other Exempt Purpose Expend		OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Total Exempt Purpose Expend		TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Lobbying Nontaxable Amount		LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableGrp
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$541,070	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$0	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$541,070	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	LOBBYING ACTIVITY: FORM 990, SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	NNPR PROVIDES REPRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM, PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS, AND ITSELF WITH LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ENTITIES IN WASHINGTON DC. IN FULFILLING THIS ROLE, NPR STAFF MET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF AT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC), AND OTHER FEDERAL POLICY MAKING DEPARTMENTS DURING THE YEAR. NPR'S CONTACT WITH THESE PARTIES RELATED TO ISSUES CONCERNING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING PROVIDED BY CONGRESS THROUGH FUNDING FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING; H.R. 1819/S.2647, EMERGENCY INFORMATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2013; NATIONAL PUBLIC ALERTING, WARNING AND DISASTER RELIEF LEGISLATION; H.R. 1471, FEMA DISASTER ASSISTANCE REFORM ACT OF 2015; H.R. 3300, FEMA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013; H.R. 4903/S. 2534, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2015; H.R. 1733 FAIR PLAY FAIR PAY ACT OF 2015; CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON REFORM OF EXISTING COPYRIGHT LAW; S. 2665, THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2014; PROCEEDINGS AT THE FCC THAT INVOLVED NET NEUTRALITY, MEDIA OWNERSHIP, AND OTHER MATTERS INVOLVING THE USE OF RADIO SPECTRUM FOR BROADCASTING. NPR ENGAGED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM TO ASSIST WITH ITS REPRESENTATION ACTIVITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$303,180,394	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$664	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,034,494	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$15,059,002	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$960,830	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$289,195,720	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$278,158,538	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$251,388	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$35,989,774	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$10,567,484	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$651,822	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$303,180,394	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$245,001,066	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,500,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$31,046,911	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$1,247,967	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$637,406	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$278,158,538	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$227,138,760	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$27,954,425	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$9,767,843	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$324,276	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$245,001,066	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$235,422,076	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,488,358	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$10,110,984	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$660,690	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$227,138,760	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00410	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.26465	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.73945	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$55,753,066	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$55,753,066	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$146,579,066	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,371,565	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$134,207,501	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,041,703	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,628,184	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,413,519	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$62,513,573	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$33,814,601	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$28,698,972	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,749,792	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,346,840	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,402,952	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$225,476,010	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	LINE OF CREDIT	Desc
Amt	$2,000,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$2,000,000	TotalLiabilityAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

ENDOWMENT FUNDS: FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4

THE ENDOWNMENT FUNDS THAT SUPPORT NPR ARE HELD AND ADMINISTERED BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION, NPR FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION). THE ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF FIFTY-TWO FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY DONORS FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES (E.G., NPR'S GENERAL MISSION AND OPERATIONS, NPR'S JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE, NPR'S DIGITAL INNOVATIONS/NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NPR'S CULTURAL JOURNALISM, JAZZ JOURNALISM AND PROGRAMMING, AND SCIENCE JOURNALISM, AND THE OPERATIONS OF NPR'S FACILITIES). SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE 2014 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AS A RESULT OF A ROUTINE REVIEW OF ITS RECORDS, NPR DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN DONOR GIFTS AND GRANTS EITHER MADE TO OR STEWARDED BY THE FOUNDATION (SOME OF WHICH DATED AS FAR BACK AS THE EARLY 1990S) WERE SUBJECT TO A CLASSIFICATION MISSTATEMENT, BEING REPORTED AS UNRESTRICTED INSTEAD OF PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED. CORRECTING THE CLASSIFICATION MISSTATEMENT RESULTED IN THE RECLASSIFICATION OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 NET ASSETS, INCLUDING TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED AND PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS RELATED TO THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT.

FIN 48 DISCLOSURE: FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2

NPR IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE. NPR IS LIABLE FOR INCOME TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 512 OF THE CODE. ANY POTENTIAL TAX LIABILITY RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF NPR WILL BE OFFSET BY EXISTING NET OPERATING LOSS (NOL) CARRY-FORWARDS, SO NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN RECORDED IN 2015. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, NPR HAD AVAILABLE FEDERAL NOL CARRY-FORWARDS TOTALING $14,663,240. THE LATEST NOL CARRY-FORWARDS WILL EXPIRE IN FISCAL YEAR 2034. BECAUSE THE REALIZATION OF THE NOL CARRY-FORWARDS IS UNCERTAIN, NPR HAS NOT RECORDED A DEFERRED TAX ASSET AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 THE NPR FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (CODE). THE FOUNDATION IS LIABLE FOR INCOME TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 512 OF THE CODE. ANY POTENTIAL TAX LIABILITY RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION WILL BE OFFSET BY EXISTING NET OPERATING LOSS (NOL) CARRY-FORWARDS, SO NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN RECORDED IN 2015. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, THE FOUNDATION HAD AVAILABLE FEDERAL NOL CARRY-FORWARDS TOTALING $808,611. THE LATEST NOL CARRY-FORWARD WILL EXPIRE IN FISCAL YEAR 2034. BECAUSE THE REALIZATION OF THE NOL CARRY-FORWARDS IS UNCERTAIN, THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT RECORDED A DEFERRED TAX ASSET AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015. NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA, LLC (NPM), A RELATED ORGANIZATION, IS TREATED AS A PARTNERSHIP FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. ACCORDINGLY, NPR AND THE OTHER MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IS SEPARATELY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THEIR SHARES OF INCOME OR LOSS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INCOME TAX RETURNS. EACH MEMBER OF NPM IS, THEREFORE, SEPARATELY LIABLE FOR ANY RELATED TAXES THEREON. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX HAS BEEN MADE. NPM IS LIABLE FOR INCOME TAXES IN CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHERE NPM OPERATES. FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014, NPM ACCRUED STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES TOTALING $9,800 WHICH IS INCLUDED IN "ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES" IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION. NPR MEDIA BERLIN GGMBH (NPR MEDIA BERLIN), A RELATED ORGANIZATION, IS REGISTERED AS A NONPROFIT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER GERMAN LAW (DENOTED BY "GGMBH"). AS SUCH, NPR MEDIA BERLIN IS EXEMPT FROM CORPORATE INCOME AND TRADE TAXES ON ALL OPERATIONS EXCEPT THOSE THAT DO NOT SERVE THE NONPROFIT PURPOSE OF THE ENTITY (I.E., UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES). BECAUSE RETURNS ARE FILED ONE YEAR IN ARREARS, THE NOL CARRY-FORWARD FOR NPR MEDIA BERLIN TOTALED $834,886 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015. BECAUSE THE REALIZATION OF THE NOL CARRY-FORWARD IS UNCERTAIN, NPR MEDIA BERLIN HAS NOT RECORDED A DEFERRED TAX ASSET AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT NPR, THE FOUNDATION, AND NPM ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL, OR NON-U.S. TAXING AUTHORITIES FOR FISCAL YEARS PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2012. THERE WERE NO MATERIAL INTEREST OR PENALTIES RECORDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015. THE EFFECTS OF A TAX POSITION CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNLESS IT IS "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" TO BE SUSTAINED BASED SOLELY ON ITS TECHNICAL MERITS AS OF THE REPORTING DATE. THE MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT THRESHOLD REPRESENTS A POSITIVE ASSERTION BY MANAGEMENT THAT NPR IS ENTITLED TO THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF A TAX POSITION. IF A TAX POSITION IS NOT CONSIDERED MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT TO BE SUSTAINED BASED SOLELY ON ITS TECHNICAL MERITS, NO BENEFITS OF THE POSITION ARE TO BE RECOGNIZED. MOREOVER, THE MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT THRESHOLD MUST CONTINUE TO BE MET IN EACH REPORTING PERIOD TO SUPPORT CONTINUED RECOGNITION OF A BENEFIT. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, THERE WERE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR WHICH A LIABILITY SHOULD BE RECORDED.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (8 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	3	3	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$1,013,716
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	4	4	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$1,254,462
Middle East and North Africa	3	3	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$1,008,163
North America	1	1	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$365,604
Russia and the Newly Independent States	1	1	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$404,750
South America	1	1	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$788,224
South Asia	2	2	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$610,863
Sub-Saharan Africa	2	2	Program Services	NEWS AND INFORMATION	$278,605

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	17	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	17	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	17	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	17	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$5,724,387	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$5,724,387	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	Yes (true)	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	ACCOUNTING METHOD: FORM 990, SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3, COLUMN F	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE EXPENDITURES, PER REGION, ARE PRESENTED ON THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	FELLOWSHIPS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	7	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$104,463	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING: FORM 990, SCHEDILE I, PART I, LINE 2

NPR OFFERS ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF A FELLOWSHIP. NPR DOES NOT GIVE GRANTS TO ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL. FELLOWSHIPS ARE PAID TO THE RECIPIENTS THROUGH NPR'S COMPENSATION PROCESS. BECAUSE NPR STAFF DIRECTLY SUPERVISE THE FELLOWS, NO ADDITIONAL MONITORING IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

FELLOWSHIPS: FORM 990, SCHEDULE I, PART III

THE KROC FELLOWSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP A NEW GENERATION OF EXTRAORDINARY JOURNALISTS FOR THE PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM. NPR ACCEPTS SEVERAL FELLOWS EACH YEAR. THE FELLOWSHIP LASTS ONE YEAR AND INCLUDES A STIPEND PLUS BENEFITS. FELLOWS RECEIVE RIGOROUS, HANDS-ON-TRAINING IN EVERY ASPECT OF PUBLIC RADIO JOURNALISM (WRITING, REPORTING, PRODUCING, AND EDITING) FOR BOTH RADIO AND WEB. FELLOWS WORK PRIMARILY AT NPR HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC, THOUGH EACH FELLOWSHIP WILL INCLUDE AN ASSIGNMENT TO AN NPR MEMBER STATION. ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES MUST BE EITHER JUST COMPLETING COLLEGE OR GRADUATE SCHOOL OR BE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR OR LESS. CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT A RESUME, THREE REFERENCES, AND A COVER LETTER EXPLAINING WHY HE/SHE SHOULD BE SELECTED BY THE KROC FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE. THE STONE & HOLT WEEKS FELLOWSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOR THE LIVES OF STONE & HOLT WEEKS, SONS OF NPR CORRESPONDENT LINTON WEEKS. FOLLOWING THEIR TRAGIC DEATHS BY A HIGHWAY TRUCKING CRASH IN 2009, NPR AND THE WASHINGTON POST JOINED FORCES TO CREATE AN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS IN WASHINGTON. NPR RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 100 APPLICATIONS EACH YEAR AND ONE FELLOW IS SELECTED TO WORK AT THE WASHINGTON POST FOR THREE MONTHS AND AT NPR FOR FOUR MONTHS. THIS FELLOWSHIP INCLUDES A STIPEND OF APPROXIMATELY $800/WEEK PLUS BENEFITS. FELLOWS RECEIVE RIGOROUS, HANDS-ON-TRAINING IN EVERY ASPECT OF PUBLIC RADIO JOURNALISM (WRITING, REPORTING, PRODUCING, AND EDITING) FOR BOTH RADIO AND WEB. FELLOWS WORK AT NPR HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC DURING THEIR NPR ROTATION. ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES MUST BE RECENT GRADUATES AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PUBLIC SERVICE. CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT A RESUME, TWO REFERENCES, AND A COVER LETTER EXPLAINING WHY THEY SHOULD BE SELECTED BY THE STONE & HOLT WEEKS FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE. NOTE: THE STONE AND HOLT WEEKS FELLOWSHIP WAS AWARDED FIVE TIMES BETWEEN 2009 AND 2014. AFTER THIS RETURN, THE FELLOWSHIP WILL NO LONGER BE AWARDED AS MR. LINTON WEEKS AND HIS WIFE, MS. JAN TAYLOR WEEKS, DECIDED TO END THE FELLOWSHIP.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (29 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
MOHN JARL
President & CEO	$229,969	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,072	$0	$235,041	$0	$0	$0
BRAND ZACHARY J
VP, NPR DIGITAL MEDIA	$214,680	$0	$10,000	$0	$26	$0	$14,484	$0	$19,324	$0	$258,514	$0	$0	$0
CARRASCO EMMA J
CMO & SR.VP AUDIENCE DEVELOPM.	$291,292	$0	$54,000	$0	$24	$0	$0	$0	$13,547	$0	$358,863	$0	$0	$0
COWAN DEBORAH A
CFO & TREASURER	$238,990	$0	$0	$0	$8	$0	$15,651	$0	$9,462	$0	$264,111	$0	$0	$0
GARRISON STANLEY M
VP, TECH OPS&BROADCAST ENGING	$257,394	$0	$0	$0	$26	$0	$16,900	$0	$17,931	$0	$292,251	$0	$0	$0
HANSON MONIQUE H
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER	$282,961	$0	$27,000	$0	$40	$0	$3,459	$0	$12,975	$0	$326,435	$0	$0	$0
HART JONATHAN
CLO, GC, SECRETARY	$142,324	$0	$50,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,559	$0	$197,883	$0	$0	$0
HOOLEY GEMMA
VP, MEMBER PARTNERSHIP	$186,673	$0	$0	$0	$13	$0	$12,304	$0	$7,923	$0	$206,913	$0	$0	$0
KEMPF ROBERT P
VP, NPR DIGITAL SERVICES	$237,600	$0	$8,000	$0	$0	$0	$15,351	$0	$2,257	$0	$263,208	$0	$0	$0
LANG ELISABETH G
ASSISTANT TREASURER	$166,109	$0	$0	$0	$26	$0	$11,475	$0	$17,365	$0	$194,975	$0	$0	$0
LUMBARD SARAH E
VP, CONTENT STRATEGY AND OPS	$168,159	$0	$13,000	$0	$15,180	$0	$11,235	$0	$7,218	$0	$214,792	$0	$0	$0
MACDONALD JOYCE
COS AND VP, MEMBER PARTNERSHIP	$207,801	$0	$50,000	$0	$30,151	$0	$14,179	$0	$13,141	$0	$315,272	$0	$0	$0
MAYOR LOREN A
COO, SR. VICE PRESIDENT	$249,305	$0	$35,000	$0	$32	$0	$0	$0	$22,221	$0	$306,558	$0	$0	$0
NUZUM ERIC D
VP, PROGRAMMING	$166,407	$0	$0	$0	$32	$0	$11,981	$0	$15,381	$0	$193,801	$0	$0	$0
RIKSEN MICHAEL R
VP, POLICY & REPRESENTATION	$233,105	$0	$0	$0	$20	$0	$15,642	$0	$17,857	$0	$266,624	$0	$0	$0
SHANAHAN MICHELLE M
ASSISTANT SECRETARY	$176,921	$0	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$11,517	$0	$3,798	$0	$202,236	$0	$0	$0
TURPIN CHRISTOPHER
VP, NEWS PROGR., & OPERATIONS	$203,474	$0	$0	$0	$26	$0	$13,816	$0	$21,117	$0	$238,433	$0	$0	$0
WILSON KINSEY
CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER, EVP	$356,490	$0	$147,825	$0	$36,105	$0	$16,900	$0	$13,255	$0	$570,575	$0	$0	$0
WOODS KEITH M
VP, DIVERSITY IN NEWS & OPS	$216,589	$0	$6,000	$0	$0	$0	$13,986	$0	$1,380	$0	$237,955	$0	$0	$0
INSKEEP STEVEN A
SR. HOST, MORNING EDITION	$381,029	$0	$0	$0	$419	$0	$18,200	$0	$14,103	$0	$413,751	$0	$0	$0
MONTAGNE RENEE
SR. HOST, MORNING EDITION CA	$393,702	$0	$0	$0	$408	$0	$18,200	$0	$8,561	$0	$420,871	$0	$0	$0
SAGAL PETER
HOST, WWDTM	$300,325	$0	$62,000	$0	$419	$0	$18,200	$0	$14,241	$0	$395,185	$0	$0	$0
SIEGEL ROBERT
SR. HOST ATC	$391,862	$0	$0	$0	$387	$0	$18,200	$0	$5,455	$0	$415,904	$0	$0	$0
SIMON SCOTT
SR. HOST WE	$368,460	$0	$30,000	$0	$419	$0	$18,200	$0	$16,377	$0	$433,456	$0	$0	$0
LOEWENSTEIN PETER J
VP, DISTRIBUTION, TO 12/29/13	$7,630	$0	$0	$0	$211,283	$0	$499	$0	$324	$0	$219,736	$0	$0	$0
MINATRA TERRI J
VP, GC, ASST.SECR. TO 3/31/14	$83,754	$0	$0	$0	$224,460	$0	$5,086	$0	$5,039	$0	$318,339	$0	$0	$0
SLOCUM JOYCE
CAO, SECRETARY, TO 12/6/13	$0	$0	$0	$0	$330,158	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$330,158	$0	$0	$0
LOW MARGARET
SVP, NEWS, TO 8/1/14	$175,601	$0	$0	$0	$34,705	$0	$11,649	$0	$12,962	$0	$234,917	$0	$0	$0
STARLING MICHAEL I
VP, EXEC. DIR., TO 1/11/14	$14,241	$0	$0	$0	$181,801	$0	$921	$0	$181	$0	$197,144	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	OFFICER COMPENSATION: FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES RECEIVED SEVERANCE (UNDER A VOLUNTARY BUYOUT PROGRAM) PAYMENTS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2014: LOEWENSTEIN, PETER J $191,971 MINATRA, TERRI J $190,051 SLOCUM, JOYCE $306,250 STARLING, MICHAEL I $171,662 THE AMOUNTS PAID WERE PROPERLY REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
A	536001131	2548396V0	2010-04-07	$165,835,493	NPR HEADQUARTERS PROJECT	Yes (true)	false	false
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
B	536001131	25483VNX8	2013-05-02	$88,716,473	PARTIAL REFUNDING OF 2010 BOND	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Bond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	In Reserve FundInReserveFundAmt	Capitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Working Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	UnspentUnspentAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$0	$88,716,473	$167,280,331	$0	$13,164,951	$0	$0	$0	$0	$154,115,380	$0	$0	2013	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$0	$0	$88,716,473	$0	$0	$2,847,576	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0		false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Remedial Action TakenRemedialActionTakenInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	0.02677	0.08129	0.10806	false	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	0.02677	0.08129	0.10806	false	false	false	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Business Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd
0
A	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
B	false		false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	Yes (true)
B	Yes (true)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
TOTAL PROCEEDS OF ISSUE: SCHEDULE K, PART II, LINE 3, COLUMN A	THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOTAL PROCEEDS OF ISSUE AND ISSUE PRICE IS INVESTMENT EARNINGS (EQUALS $1,444,838).
SCHEDULE K, PART III, LINES 6(A) AND 6(B)	NPR IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE PRIVATE USE OF ITS BOND-FINANCED FACILITY.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
CHANGES TO GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 4	EEFFECTIVE JANUARY 30, 2015, NPR AMENDED ITS BYLAWS TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC BALLOTING WHERE MAIL BALLOTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND TO CLARIFY, AS CONSISTENT WITH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAW, THAT IN ORDER TO DECIDE A MATTER BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC BALLOT, AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE NPR AUTHORIZED STATION REPRESENTATIVES MUST CAST A VOTE ON THE MATTER.
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 6	ENTITIES INDEPENDENTLY LICENSING AND OPERATING PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS BECOME NPR MEMBERS BY MEETING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND PAYING DUES TO NPR; IN EXCHANGE, MEMBERS MAY VOTE TO ELECT CERTAIN REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT FROM BROADCAST AND DIGITAL RIGHTS NEGOTIATED ON THEIR BEHALF, AS WELL AS SERVICES EXTENDED ONLY TO MEMBERS.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS: FORM 990, PART VI, LINES 7A AND 7B	OF THE 17 SEATS ON THE NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOARD), 10 SHALL BE ELECTED FROM THE AUTHORIZED STATION REPRESENTATIVES. AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP, EACH MEMBER STATION MAY DESIGNATE, IN WRITING, ONE STATION REPRESENTATIVE (AUTHORIZED STATION REPRESENTATIVES) WHO MAY PARTICIPATE AND VOTE TO ELECT MEMBER DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD. EACH AUTHORIZED STATION REPRESENTATIVE SHALL VOTE AND ACT FOR THE MEMBER STATION IN ALL MATTERS ON WHICH MEMBER STATIONS' VOTE AFFECTS NPR. CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE NPR BYLAWS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP.
FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE RETURN IS PREPARED AND REVIEWED BY NPR'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IT IS ALSO REVIEWED BY NPR'S GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, KEY MEMBERS OF NPR'S LEADERSHIP, AND BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE FINAL VERSION IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL NPR DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C	NPR REGULARLY MONITORS AND SURVEYS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. NPR'S GENERAL COUNSEL IS AUTHORIZED TO SEEK INFORMATION FROM DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES AS TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, NONPUBLIC CORPORATE INFORMATION, AND GRATUITIES AS HE OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING PERIODIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERESTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. IN REGARDS TO ACTUAL OR APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, A DIRECTOR SHALL: 1) REFRAIN FROM ANY USE OF THEIR POSITION AS A DIRECTOR WHICH IS MOTIVATED BY, OR GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF BEING MOTIVATED BY, THE DESIRE FOR GAIN FOR THE DIRECTOR OR FOR ANOTHER PERSON OR ORGANIZATION WITH WHICH HE OR SHE IS ASSOCIATED; 2) DISQUALIFY HIMSELF/HERSELF FROM FORMAL OR INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH DIRECTORS OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY DECISIONS WHICH POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF SUCH DISQUALIFICATION IS NECESSARY, THE DIRECTOR SHALL INFORM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF THAT DISQUALIFICATION, AND THE CHAIR SHALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER INFORM THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND NPR'S GENERAL COUNSEL OF SUCH DISQUALIFICATION. IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE DIRECTOR SHALL REQUEST A WRITTEN OPINION FROM NPR'S GENERAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE PROPRIETY OF THE DIRECTOR'S INVOLVEMENT. AFTER CONSULTING WITH NPR'S GENERAL COUNSEL, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD SHALL MOVE THAT THE BOARD VOTE SUCH CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO REMEDY ANY VIOLATION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FOR NPR DIRECTORS AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD. SUCH MOTION SHALL BE MADE AT THE CHAIR'S INITIATIVE OR AT THE REQUEST OF ANY DIRECTOR. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST INVOLVING OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN DIRECTORS ARE ADDRESSED IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
DETERMINING COMPENSATION: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15	NPR SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE UNDER SECTION 4958 AND REPRESENTS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR SERVICES RENDERED. NPR ROUTINELY UTILIZES BENCHMARK STUDIES AND INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF MARKET COMPENSATION DATA FROM BOTH NONPROFIT AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, PREPARED BY COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS, AT THE TIME OF EMPLOYEE HIRING OR WHEN SPECIAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE AWARDED. NPR SETS COMPENSATION WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE GOING MARKET RATE. NO INDIVIDUAL HAVING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER NPR'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPENSATION REVIEW OR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. NPR MAINTAINS ALL RECORDS REGARDING COMPENSATION DECISIONS.
JOINT VENTURE POLICY: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 16B	NPR CONTINUES TO CONSIDER ITS OPTIONS REGARDING A JOINT VENTURE POLICY. IN THE MEANTIME, KEY NPR DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR NEW JOINT VENTURES HAVE BEEN EDUCATED AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY OF AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION TO SAFEGUARD ITS EXEMPTION STATUS WHILE PARTICIPATING IN ANY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.
AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19	AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORMS 990 AND 990-T FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015, 2014, AND 2013 ARE POSTED AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON WWW.NPR.ORG < HTTP://WWW.NPR.ORG/ABOUT-NPR/XXX-XX-XXXX/PUBLIC-RADIO-FINANCES>. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	NPM REVENUE, ADJ TO TAX BASIS $375,515

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
NPR FOUNDATION
1111 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NE	WASHINGTON	DC	20002	521795789	GENERAL SUPPT	DC	501(C)(3)	509(A)(3)	NPR INC	Yes (true)
NPR MEDIA BERLIN GGMBH
				980687520	PROGR DISTRIB		N/A	N/A	NPR INC	Yes (true)	KURFURSTENDAMM 32	BERLIN	GM	10719	GM

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	156 W 56TH ST STE 903	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10019	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	261156765	EIN
Primary Activities	MEDIA UNDERWRITIN	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NPR INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Predominant Income Type	RELATED	PredominantIncomeTypeTxt
Share Of Total Income	$9,693,875	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Share Of EOY Assets	$9,302,271	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Disproportionate Allocations	false	DisproportionateAllocationsInd
UBI Code V	-$530,489	UBICodeVAmt
Ownership	0.72000	OwnershipPct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	Yes (true)	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (true)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (8 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA
A	$181,965	FMV
NPR FOUNDATION
C	$25,050,234	FMV
NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA
N	$1,279,321	FMV
NPR FOUNDATION
O	$77,486	FMV
NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA
P	$8,896,899	FMV
NPR MEDIA BERLIN GGMBH
P	$181,433	FMV
NPR FOUNDATION
Q	$1,238,541	FMV
NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA
R	$755,540	FMV