Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council

Analysis

Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Cookeville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $2.6m (+7.2%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Society for Computational Biology Inc ($2.6m), American Air Museum in Britain ($2.6m) and Spanish Theatre Repertory Co Ltd ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $674k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $575k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 27 employees.