American Public Media is the name used for the group of nonprofit organizations and is also the name of the national program production and distribution efforts of American Public Media Group, the name of the nonprofit parent organization. It is the support organization for several tax-exempt nonprofit organizations.
Similar to many large nonprofit structures, American Public Media Group's for-profit subsidiary operates independently and helps offset the costs of running the nonprofit entities. The structure of American Public Media Group is further described below.
American Public Media Group
APMG is a tax-exempt nonprofit parent support organization that provides administrative, financial, and human resources services to its supported organizations and divisions, American Public Media, Minnesota Public Radio, The Fitzgerald Theater Company, Southern California Public Radio and Classical South Florida, and provides financial and human resources services to its wholly owned for-profit subsidiary, Greenspring Company. APMG operates Public Radio Market, the Pretty Good Goods Catalog and The Lake Wobegon USA Store under license from American Public Media. APMG is a significant shareholder of Gather.com, a for-profit company that provides community and commerce services to the public radio audience. Gather also has content license agreements with MPR, APM and SCPR.
The mission of American Public Media Group is to provide significant long-term financial strength to its supported organizations.
| Board of trustees | 10 | |
| Chair | Ian R. Friendly | |
| President | Jon R. McTaggart | |
| Number of employees on FY12 budget | 45 | |
| Number of American Public Media affiliates on 08/11 | 791 | |
| FY12 budgeted earned revenue | $4.5 million | |
| FY12 support services activities | $6.2 million | |
| FY12 budgeted operating revenue of the APM group | $123.8 million | |
| APMG consolidated workforce FY12 budget | 704 |
480 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-290-1500
Fax: 651-290-1188
E-mail: apmg@mpr.org
Web site: www.americanpublicmediagroup.org
American Public Media™
American Public Media, a tax-exempt, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is the name of the national program production and distribution activities that are carried on within American Public Media Group. American Public Media is the nation's second-largest producer of public radio programs, reaching over 17 million listeners nationwide each week. National programs include A Prairie Home Companion,® Marketplace®, Marketplace Money®, The Splendid Table®, Being™ and special reports produced by its national documentary unit, American RadioWorks®.
480 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-290-1500
Fax: 651-290-1243
Web site: www.americanpublicmedia.org
Minnesota Public Radio®
Minnesota Public Radio is a tax-exempt, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that produces and acquires radio programming of community value, combines these programs into a nonprofit radio service of the highest quality for broadcast through a network of radio stations to the people of Minnesota and its border communities, and reflects the culture, events, issues and ideas of Minnesota and its people in radio broadcasts designed for national and international audiences.
MPR owns the Fitzgerald Theater and operates the theater through its Fitzgerald Theater Company subsidiary.
MPR is a subsidiary of APMG, in that a majority of the Trustees on the Board of MPR are elected by or approved by the APMG Board, all of whom also serve on the MPR Board.
| Board of trustees | 33 (including life trustees) | |
| Chair | Ian R. Friendly | |
| President | Jon R. McTaggart | |
| Number of employees FY12 budget | 484 | |
| Number of radio stations | 43 | |
| Classical music | 17 | |
| Classical music and news | 1 | |
| News and information | 20 | |
| The Current (adult eclectic music) | 2 | |
| Translators | 41 | |
| FY12 budgeted operating revenue | $87.4 million |
480 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-290-1500
Fax: 651-290-1243
E-mail: admin@mpr.org
Web site: www.minnesotapublicradio.org
Southern California Public Radio
Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) is a tax-exempt, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that produces and acquires programming of community value and combines these programs into a nonprofit radio service of the highest quality for broadcast to the people of Southern California and the nation, including the production and broadcast of local, West Coast and Pacific Rim news and information programming.
SCPR operates KPCC 89.3 FM in Pasadena and KUOR 89.1 FM in Redlands pursuant to Public Service Operating Agreements with Pasadena City College and the University of Redlands and streams its program service worldwide on its Web site.
SCPR is a subsidiary of APMG, in that the Trustees on the Board of SCPR are appointed by the APMG Board upon recommendation of the SCPR Board. At least 75 percent of such Trustees must be residents of Southern California.
| Board of trustees | 24 | |
| Chair | Gordon Crawford | |
| Vice chair | Jarl Mohn | |
| President | Thomas William Davis | |
| Number of employees FY12 budget | 110 | |
| FY12 budgeted operating revenue | $20.8 million |
1570 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, Ca. 91106
Tel: 626-585-7000
Fax: 626-585-7916
E-mail: mail@scpr.org
Web site: www.scpr.org
Classical South Florida®
Classical South Florida is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to the broadcast of classical music in South Florida. Classical South Florida programming includes broadcasts of nationally renowned classical programs such as Performance Today®, SymphonyCast®, Pipedreams® and Saint Paul Sunday®. Classical South Florida began broadcasting on October 24, 2007 on WKCP 89.7 FM Miami and on 101.9 FM in West Palm Beach.
Classical South Florida is a subsidiary of APMG.
| Board of trustees | 8 | |
| Chairman | Bob Nelson |
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| President | Néstor Rodriguez |
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| Number of employees on FY12 | 14 | |
| FY12 budgeted operating revenue | $4.4 million |
P.O. Box 520655
Miami, FL 33152-0655
Web site: www.classicalsouthflorida.org
Greenspring Company
Greenspring is a taxable for-profit company that engages in communications activities that support the mission and goals of American Public Media Group (APMG) but are more properly pursued by a taxable entity. It does so through the ownership of operating subsidiaries. Greenspring provides leadership, capital investment and financial oversight to these subsidiaries. Currently, its sole operating subsidiary is Greenspring Media Group (formerly Minnesota Monthly Publications). Up until April 15, 1998, Greenspring owned Rivertown Trading Company, a direct marketing organization with approximately $195 million in annual sales, which was sold to the Target Corporation. Up until March 1, 2004, Greenspring owned The MNN Radio Networks, a regional commercial radio network with approximately $4 million in annual sales, whose assets were sold to Saga Communications Corporation. Up until September 7, 2005, Greenspring owned The KLBB Company, whose assets were sold to Davidson Media Group.
Greenspring Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of APMG.
| Board of directors | 5 | |
| Chair | James P. Dolan | |
| President | Steven R. Fox | |
| Number of employees on FY12 | 51 | |
| FY12 budgeted consolidated sales | $7 million |
480 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-290-1552
Fax: 651-290-1243
Web site: www.greenspringcompany.com
Greenspring Media Group (GMG)
Greenspring Media Group (formerly Minnesota Monthly Publications) is a taxable for-profit company that engages in printed communications activities, primarily through the publication of Minnesota Monthly®, an advertiser- and subscriber-supported monthly magazine that GMG publishes for MPR. GMG publishes Midwest Home & Garden®, various publications under license from the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association, Where magazine in the Twin Cities area as a franchisee of Where International, Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal as a guide for meeting planners for meetings in Minnesota, and Real Food®, a national lifestyle magazine featuring natural foods. GMG engages in various consumer show promotions, including the Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience®, which it operates under contract with MPR, and the Luxury Home Tour® in the Twin Cities, Chicago and Naples.
GMG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenspring.
| President and publisher | Steven R. Fox |
| Number of employees FY12 | 51 |
| FY12 budgeted sales | $7 million |
| Circulation of Minnesota Monthly® on 6/30/11: | |
| MPR members | 39,568 |
| Independent subscribers | 22,264 |
| Single-copy sales | 5,243 |
| TOTAL | 67,075 |
| Circulation of Real Food® | 217,000 |
600 U.S. Trust Building
730 2nd Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: 612-371-5800
Fax: 612-371-5801
