Charity profile · Historical source record

American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education

EIN 36-6110299Human and Civil Rights Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving justice, helping people

The American Bar Association (ABA) Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) was created in 1961, as the Fund for Public Education, to allow the ABA to solicit and accept tax-exempt gifts and grants in support of law-related public service and educational programs of the Association. The mission of the FJE is to improve the legal system through law-related public service and educational programs which promote quality in legal services, equal access to justice, better understanding of the law, and improvements in the justice system. Each year, the FJE supports nearly 200 ABA programs that are dedicated to improving the legal system and ensuring access to justice for all citizens.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.08Overall score
out of 100

74.98Financial 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$74,243,814

Total expenses · USD$74,100,402

Program expenses

$53,722,791.45 recorded amount

72.5%

Fundraising expenses

$1,926,610.45 recorded amount

2.6%

Administrative expenses

$18,302,799.29 recorded amount

24.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Jack L. Rives
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The American Bar Association (ABA) Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) was created in 1961, as the Fund for Public Education, to allow the ABA to solicit and accept tax-exempt gifts and grants in support of law-related public service and educational programs of the Association. The mission of the FJE is to improve the legal system through law-related public service and educational programs which promote quality in legal services, equal access to justice, better understanding of the law, and improvements in the justice system. Each year, the FJE supports nearly 200 ABA programs that are dedicated to improving the legal system and ensuring access to justice for all citizens.
`ein` EIN	36-6110299
`tot_exp` Total expenses	74100402.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.247
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.026000000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.725
`fscore` Financial score	74.98
`leader` Recorded leader	Jack L. Rives
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Serving justice, helping people
`name` Charity name	American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
`tot_rev` Total revenue	74243814.0
`score` Overall score	82.08
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	53722791.449999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1926610.4520000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	18302799.294

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.