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Ballotpedia

EIN 20-8036372Human and Civil Rights Wisconsin Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Encyclopedia of American Politics

The mission of the Lucy Burns Institute is to empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information. With nearly 260,000 original articles, Ballotpedia's goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. We are firmly committed to neutrality. Ballotpedia's articles are 100 percent written by our professional staff and a small group of guest editors. All content written by our guest editors is reviewed and fact-checked by our staff.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.51Overall score
out of 100

88.22Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & 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$5,035,469

Total expenses · USD$4,687,551

Program expenses

$3,693,790.19 recorded amount

78.8%

Fundraising expenses

$618,756.73 recorded amount

13.2%

Administrative expenses

$370,316.53 recorded amount

7.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: Leslie Graves
Recorded compensation: $95,958.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.04%

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 Ballotpedia
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Lucy Burns Institute is to empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information. With nearly 260,000 original articles, Ballotpedia's goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. We are firmly committed to neutrality. Ballotpedia's articles are 100 percent written by our professional staff and a small group of guest editors. All content written by our guest editors is reviewed and fact-checked by our staff.
`ein` EIN	20-8036372
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4687551.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.079
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.132
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7879999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Leslie Graves
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	95958.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0204
`motto` Tagline	Encyclopedia of American Politics
`name` Charity name	Ballotpedia
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5035469.0
`score` Overall score	86.51
`state` State code	WI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3693790.1879999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	618756.7320000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	370316.529

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-8036372
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Wisconsin (WI)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.