The largest portion of KEXP’s support came from 18,544 individual donors, donor-directed funds, corporate matching programs, and family foundations. The $4,424,581 raised by these combined groups made up 40.5 percent of the organization’s operating revenue. Business support met projections in 2017, surpassing the year prior with $2,455,280 or 22.5% percent of total revenue.

KEXP’s programming endeavors — including event ticket sales — accounted for $179,897 or 1.6 percent of total revenue.

In 2017, KEXP’s operating expenses totaled $10,799,410. Of that figure, 65 percent was dedicated to programs, while fundraising and administrative costs accounted for 31 and 5 percent, respectively.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding for KEXP's annual operations in 2017 totaled $634,570 or 5.8% of the total budget. This amount supported KEXP's broadcast service and costs related to KEXP's syndicated live performance program Under the Needle. 4Culture's Sustained Support program, the City of Seattle's Civic Partners program, Washington State Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, US Bank Foundation, Upstream Music Fest + Summit, and Lucky Seven Foundation also provided support for operations totaling $475,000 or 4.4% of the total budget.

Individuals, organizations, and businesses contributed in-kind support in the form of goods and services totaling $2,274,285 or 20.8 of total budget, a major portion of which came from key partner, University of Washington. Additional major in-kind support was provided by Microsoft, Assembly Media, and Publicis North America.