Texas Public Radio
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.
- Income
- $7.6 million
- Spending
- $7.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- 3.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 94%
- Employees
- 54
- Volunteers
- 91
- Highest pay
- $143,780, interim pres
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.4 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 24% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1579% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 13 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2514 of 14 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $5.8 million spent. TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO IS A MISSION-DRIVEN, AWARD-WINNING, MULTIMEDIA ORGANIZATION SERVING A COMBINED AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 200,000 ACROSS A WIDE EXPANSE OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH A VARIETY OF RADIO PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS. TPR OPERATES SEVEN STATIONS AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE ECONOMY OF SHARED STAFF AND FACILITIES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF OUR DONORS CONTRIBUTIONS.KSTX 89.1 FM BROADCASTS PUBLIC RADIOS PREMIER NEWS INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. ITS WEEKDAY SCHEDULE IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF PROGRAMS PRODUCED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY NPR, INCLUDING THE FLAGSHIP NEWS MAGAZINES MORNING EDITION, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, HERE AND NOW, AND FRESH AIR. NEWS AND INFORMATION OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THOSE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SURROUNDING AREAS IS PROVIDED FOUR DAYS A WEEK ON THE SOURCE, A ONE-HOUR CALL-IN TALK SHOW PRODUCED BY TPR THAT GIVES LISTENERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL AND CONNECT WITH IN-STUDIO GUESTS AND A CITY-WIDE AUDIENCE. MATTERS OF STATE AND REGIONAL INTEREST ARE COVERED BY TWO TPR-PRODUCED, WEEKLY HALF-HOUR PROGRAMS: TEXAS MATTERS, WHICH LOOKS AT THE ISSUES AND CULTURE OF TEXAS, AND FRONTERAS, WHICH EXPLORES THE CHANGING CULTURE AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE REGION WITH EMPHASIS ON LATINO AND NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE. TPR PRODUCES PODCASTS COVERING A VARIETY OF NEWS AND CULTURAL TOPICS INCLUDING PETRIE DISH, WHICH FOCUSES ON BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTH, BOOK PUBLIC, A PODCAST ABOUT BOOKS AND WRITERS, AND WORTH REPEATING, WHICH PACKAGES SAN ANTONIANS STORIES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE EVENT. TPR ALSO TRANSLATES NEWS STORIES INTO SPANISH, SHARED BY THE TEXAS NEWSROOM FOR SPANISH-DOMINANT AUDIENCES. THE TPR NEWSROOM INCLUDES A TEAM OF 15 REPORTERS, HOSTS, EDITORS, AND PRODUCERS WHO SERVE OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUDIENCES. TPR IS PART OF THE TEXAS NEWSROOM, A SYSTEM-WIDE COLLABORATION TO CREATE A VIRTUAL NEWSROOM OF 1000+ JOURNALISTS. THE GOAL OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS TO ENSURE ROBUST COVERAGE OF NEWS AND EVENTS FROM A TEXAS PERSPECTIVE, AND THROUGH WHICH THE DAILY NEWS SHOW, TEXAS STANDARD, IS CO-PRODUCED.INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON NEWS AND EVENTS ARE OFFERED VIA OVERNIGHT BROADCAST OF THE BBC WORLD SERVICE. WEEKENDS FEATURE ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDING WAIT, WAITDONT TELL ME, TRAVEL WITH RICK STEVES, FREAKONOMICS RADIO, SNAP JUDGEMENT, THE NEW YORKER RADIO HOUR, THIS AMERICAN LIFE, AND LATINO USA. SATURDAY EVENINGS FEATURE SOUND OPINIONS AND THE TPR-PRODUCED WORLD MUSIC WITH DEIRDRE SARAVIA, WHICH TAKES LISTENERS ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST FASCINATING PLACES. MORE THAN 135,000 PEOPLE PER WEEK LISTEN REGULARLY TO KSTX ON THE RADIO, WITH MANY MORE STREAMING THE SERVICE VIA THE TPR WEBSITE AND THE TPR MOBILE APP. KPAC 88.3 FM SPECIALIZES IN BROADCASTING CLASSICAL MUSIC AND FINE ARTS INFORMATION TO THE SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH TEXAS AREA. TPR UTILIZES THE SERVICES OF CLASSICAL 24, A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED SERVICE, TO FULFILL THE MAJORITY OF KPACS PROGRAMMING. LOCALLY ORIGINATED PROGRAMS INCLUDE CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS, A DAILY LIVE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCES AND INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL PERFORMERS AND ARTS LEADERS; CLASSICS A LA CARTE, AN INTERACTIVE REQUEST PROGRAM ON FRIDAY NIGHTS; AND A SHOW DEDICATED TO LOCAL CONCERT RECORDINGS, PERFORMANCE SATURDAY. LOCAL REPORTERS AND PRODUCERS ALSO CONTRIBUTE NEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT REGIONAL ARTISTS AND EVENTS BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AT TPR.ORG. KPAC REGULARLY HAS MORE THAN 69,000 LISTENERS WEEKLY AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA STREAMING AUDIO AT TPR.ORG AND THROUGH THE TPR MOBILE APP. KTXI 90.1 FM SERVES LISTENERS IN THE WESTERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AROUND KERRVILLE AND FREDERICKSBURG WITH A MIXTURE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND PUBLIC RADIO NEWS PROGRAMMING. THE CLASSICAL MUSIC IS A SIMULCAST OF KPAC. THE PUBLIC RADIO NEWS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES BOTH NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMS AND TPR-PRODUCED PROGRAMMING ALSO AIRED ON KSTX. LOCAL CONTENT SPECIFICALLY ORIENTED TO HILL COUNTRY LISTENERS IS INCORPORATED IN THE KTXI NEWS PROGRAMMING. KTPR 89.9 FM BROADCASTS TO LISTENERS IN THE SNYDER AND THE TEXAS BIG COUNTRY WITH A SIMULCAST OF KSTX. AUDIENCES MAY ALSO ACCESS THE KTPR STREAM VIA THE TPR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP. KVHL 91.7 FM SERVES LISTENERS IN THE LLANO AND SURROUNDING HIGHLAND LAKES AREA WITH A SIMULCAST OF KSTX. AUDIENCES MAY ALSO ACCESS THE KVHL STREAM VIA THE TPR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP. KTPD 89.3 FM SERVES LISTENERS IN DEL RIO, WITH A SIMULCAST OF KSTX. KCTI 1450 AM SERVES LISTENERS IN GONZALES AND THE I-10 CORRIDOR WITH A SIMULCAST OF KSTX.WWW.TPR.ORG THE TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO WEBSITE PROVIDES STREAMS OF ITS BROADCAST STATIONS. THE SITE ALSO PROVIDES LOCAL AND STATE NEWS, A COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR, ACCESS TO TPR-PRODUCED PODCASTS AND RSS FEEDS. THE WEBSITE ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT TPRS GOVERNANCE, INCLUDING A CALENDAR OF MEETINGS OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WEBSITE USERS ALSO ARE PROVIDED TOOLS TO EASILY SHARE NEWS AND INFORMATION OR COMMENT ON STORIES ON THE SITE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH DURING THE YEAR, TPR HOSTS A VARIETY OF MEMBER AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, USING BOTH THE VENUES IN TPRS HEADQUARTERS AND AT DESTINATIONS AROUND TPRS LISTENING AREA. TPR PARTNERS WITH SCORES OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ITS COMMUNITIES TO PRESENT A VARIETY OF EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING MUSIC, CINEMA AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS; INFORMATIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS THINK SCIENCE; FREE PUBLIC EVENTS SPOTLIGHTING INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE; COMMUNITY STORYTELLING EVENTS SUCH AS WORTH REPEATING, AN OPEN-MIC STYLE EVENT; GREAT SA, WHICH HOSTS PANEL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CITYS UNIQUE HISTORY AND CULTURE; SUMMER NIGHT CITY, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUSIC FESTIVAL HOSTED IN SAN ANTONIOS CITY CENTER; AND INSPIRED BY KPAC, A STUDENT MUSIC AND ARTS COMPETITION.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1990.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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