Charity profile · Historical source record

American Family Association

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Communicating an outspoken, resolute, Christian voice throughout America.
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon. The original name of the ministry was National Federation for Decency but was changed to American Family Association in 1988.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.91Overall score
out of 100
87.50Financial score
out of 100
97.00Accountability & 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$19,068,393
Total expenses · USD$18,860,780

Program expenses

$17,276,474.48 recorded amount
91.6%

Fundraising expenses

$773,291.98 recorded amount
4.1%

Administrative expenses

$773,291.98 recorded amount
4.1%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.04 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
Timothy B. Wildmon
Recorded compensation
$179,085.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.94%

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 Family Association
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
97.0
category
Category
Human and Civil Rights
description
Mission & description
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon. The original name of the ministry was National Federation for Decency but was changed to American Family Association in 1988.
ein
EIN
64-0607275
tot_exp
Total expenses
18860780.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.040999999999999995
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.04
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.040999999999999995
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.9159999999999999
fscore
Financial score
87.5
leader
Recorded leader
Timothy B. Wildmon
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
179085.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.009399999999999999
motto
Tagline
Communicating an outspoken, resolute, Christian voice throughout America.
name
Charity name
American Family Association
tot_rev
Total revenue
19068393.0
score
Overall score
90.91
state
State code
MS
subcategory
Subcategory
Advocacy and Education
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
17276474.48
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
773291.9799999999
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
773291.9799999999

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.