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Asian American Journalists Association

EIN 95-3755203Human and Civil Rights California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The forefront of change in the journalism industry

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational and professional organization with more than 1,600 members across the United States and Asia. Since its founding, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry. AAJA offers a variety of educational, skills training and professional development programs for its student and professional members, as well as guidance on coverage of AAPI issues for the journalism industry and resources on working with the media for AAPI communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.54Overall score
out of 100

75.57Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,744,387

Total expenses · USD$1,489,753

Program expenses

$774,671.56 recorded amount

52.0%

Fundraising expenses

$536,311.08 recorded amount

36.0%

Administrative expenses

$177,280.61 recorded amount

11.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.34 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: Kathy Chow
Recorded compensation: $117,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.88%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Asian American Journalists Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational and professional organization with more than 1,600 members across the United States and Asia. Since its founding, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry. AAJA offers a variety of educational, skills training and professional development programs for its student and professional members, as well as guidance on coverage of AAPI issues for the journalism industry and resources on working with the media for AAPI communities.
`ein` EIN	95-3755203
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1489753.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11900000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.34
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.36
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.52
`fscore` Financial score	75.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Kathy Chow
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	117500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0788
`motto` Tagline	The forefront of change in the journalism industry
`name` Charity name	Asian American Journalists Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1744387.0
`score` Overall score	78.54
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	774671.56
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	536311.08
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	177280.60700000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3755203
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.