Charity profile · Historical source record

Action Against Hunger USA

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

For a world free from hunger.
Action Against Hunger is the world's hunger specialist whose primary goal is to create a better way to deal with deadly hunger. For almost 40 years, this global humanitarian organization has been on the front lines treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries; serving more than 20 million people in 2017 alone. Action Against Hunger is the leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. The organization is committed to doubling the number of children who receive urgent hunger care, from three million to six million by 2020. Of every dollar donated, 93 cents go directly to saving lives today and preventing hunger tomorrow.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.98Overall score
out of 100
92.50Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$184,767,681
Total expenses · USD$158,347,012

Program expenses

$147,104,374.15 recorded amount
92.9%

Fundraising expenses

$2,216,858.17 recorded amount
1.4%

Administrative expenses

$8,867,432.67 recorded amount
5.6%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Andrea Tamburini
Recorded compensation
$211,188.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.13%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Action Against Hunger USA
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
International
description
Mission & description
Action Against Hunger is the world's hunger specialist whose primary goal is to create a better way to deal with deadly hunger. For almost 40 years, this global humanitarian organization has been on the front lines treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries; serving more than 20 million people in 2017 alone. Action Against Hunger is the leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. The organization is committed to doubling the number of children who receive urgent hunger care, from three million to six million by 2020. Of every dollar donated, 93 cents go directly to saving lives today and preventing hunger tomorrow.
ein
EIN
13-3327220
tot_exp
Total expenses
158347012.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.055999999999999994
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.01
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.013999999999999999
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.929
fscore
Financial score
92.5
leader
Recorded leader
Andrea Tamburini
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
211188.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0013
motto
Tagline
For a world free from hunger.
name
Charity name
Action Against Hunger USA
tot_rev
Total revenue
184767681.0
score
Overall score
93.98
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Development and Relief Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
147104374.148
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
2216858.1679999996
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
8867432.671999998

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.