It’s where the magic happens.
by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 05/24/2026
Srsly? Yep. The success (or failure) of any business relies on accurate information that comes from the back office – accounting data. How much ‘stuff’ did you sell? How much did it (really) cost you? Where’s your profit? Truth in numbers.
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| we (and our volunteers) created $1,766,464 |
The above summary sheet is one of a few Excel worksheets that, together, divine the actual value of our work – our social worth – as a community organization.
If there’s anything that we could consider our ‘report card’, this spreadsheet is it.
Although we are a nonprofit 501(c)3 charitable organization, we strive to measure what we produce in terms of its value – it’s actual market (street) value. Each year we attach commercial market rates to all that we do, item by item. If we didn’t exist, this is what folks would have to pay a business for our programming efforts.
What does it mean? In cell R2 we (and our volunteers) created $1,766,464 of ‘stuff’.
Our annual cable carrier funding is only $560,000. (and falling) – yet we persist.
Persisting. Producing. Prevailing. It’s what we do. It’s there – in the numbers.
And – as always –
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