Noncommercial radio station serving the west marin community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 68 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $79K a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
57%
of spending
Worth a look: 57% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$54K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $23K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$81K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$625K
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$586K
To programs
57%
Net assets
$601K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$625K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$508K
FY2021$700K
FY2022$486K
FY2023$517K
FY2024$578K
FY2025$625K
Expenses
$586K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$395K
FY2021$425K
FY2022$507K
FY2023$506K
FY2024$522K
FY2025$586K
Net assets
$601K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$242K
FY2021$517K
FY2022$496K
FY2023$507K
FY2024$562K
FY2025$601K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1997.

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Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $337K Management & general 11% · $67K Fundraising 31% · $183K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $54K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$54,086Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda Eichstaedt’s $54K as Executive Dir. is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amanda Eichstaedt$54,086$60,257$54,566$56,137$56,137$56,137

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $337K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided the west marin community with a radio station that is owned and operated solely by the community, serving the public interest. Provided 24 hours programming each day to approximately 11,000 homes.

$337Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$23K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$625K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$601K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$586K
Ln 25
Programscol B$337K
Managementcol C$67K
Fundraisingcol D$183K
Owns and owesPt X
$601K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$582K
Total assetsLn 16$681K
LiabilitiesLn 26$81K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$601K
Government grantsLn 1e$183K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$28K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$625K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$120K
SavingsLn 2$462K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$582K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68K
Other assetsLn 15$19K
Total assetsLn 16$681K
LiabilitiesLn 26$81K
Net assetsLn 32$601K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 668
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$539K$582K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$63K$68K
Total assetsLn 16$658K$681K
LiabilitiesLn 26$97K$81K
Net assetsLn 32$562K$601K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$95K$28K$34K$33K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$226K$145K$16K$64K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$4K$251$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$46K$32K$1K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$12K$3K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$30K$17K$4K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$29K$16K$4K$9K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$6K$2K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$116K$71K$2K$43K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$586K$337K$67K$183K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $625K$586K$39K$601K 990 PDF
FY2024 $578K$522K$56K$562K 990 PDF
FY2023 $517K$506K$11K$507K 990 PDF
FY2022 $486K$507K−$21K$496K 990 PDF
FY2021 $700K$425K$275K$517K 990 PDF
FY2020 $508K$395K$113K$242K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $625,208 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $554,292$601,497
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,495$19,733
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,887$3,978
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $577,674$625,208
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $354,148$395,176
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $167,402$190,909
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $521,550$586,085
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $56,124$39,123
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $625,208 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$1,045 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,972
VIII-1e Government grants$183,059
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$415,466
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,207
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$601,497
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $19,733$19,733
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $4,153$4,153
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $870$870
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $870 · Excluded from tax $22,841$625,208
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $586,085 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,637 · Management $34,309 · Fundraising $33,356$95,302
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $145,337 · Management $16,242 · Fundraising $64,256$225,835
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,219 · Management $251 · Fundraising $1,716$6,186
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,964 · Management $1,488 · Fundraising $12,721$46,173
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,141 · Management $3,035 · Fundraising $6,504$21,680
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,500$4,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,014 · Management $4,254 · Fundraising $9,113$30,381
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,497 · Management $4,124 · Fundraising $8,837$29,458
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,141 · Management $1,535 · Fundraising $3,290$10,966
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $71,346 · Management $1,537 · Fundraising $42,721$115,604
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $336,796 · Management $66,775 · Fundraising $182,514$586,085
Part X · Balance sheet $681,445 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $50,607$119,559
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $487,994$462,068
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,503$12,872
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $62,772$67,620
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $39,515$19,326
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $658,391$681,445
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $55,918$60,353
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $40,805$20,301
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $96,723$80,654
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $544,276$592,831
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $17,392$7,960
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $561,668$600,791
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $658,391$681,445
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $600,791 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$625,208
XI-2 Total expenses$586,085
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$39,123
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$561,668
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$600,791

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