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Ashoka

EIN 51-0255908International Virginia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Innovators for the public

Founded in 1980, Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers. Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a changemaker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change. Ashoka works by supporting individual social entrepreneurs, bringing communities of social entrepreneurs together, and building infrastructure and financial systems to support the growth of the citizen sector and facilitate the spread of social innovation globally.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.51Overall score
out of 100

81.35Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$18,418,021

Total expenses · USD$20,517,822

Program expenses

$16,619,435.82 recorded amount

81.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,190,033.68 recorded amount

5.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,667,316.86 recorded amount

13.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: William Drayton
Recorded compensation: $171,858.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.83%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Ashoka
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1980, Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers. Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a changemaker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change. Ashoka works by supporting individual social entrepreneurs, bringing communities of social entrepreneurs together, and building infrastructure and financial systems to support the growth of the citizen sector and facilitate the spread of social innovation globally.
`ein` EIN	51-0255908
`tot_exp` Total expenses	20517822.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.81
`fscore` Financial score	81.35
`leader` Recorded leader	William Drayton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	171858.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0083
`motto` Tagline	Innovators for the public
`name` Charity name	Ashoka
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18418021.0
`score` Overall score	86.51
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	International Peace, Security, and Affairs
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	16619435.82
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1190033.676
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2667316.86

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0255908
Source category: International
Source subcategory: International Peace, Security, and Affairs
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.