Charity profile · Historical source record

Brave New Films

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Do you want to change the world?
Our mission is to champion social justice issues by using a model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates and teaches civic participation and makes a difference. Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are creating a better America, and we want you to join us. Using media, films, volunteers and internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that informs the public, challenges mainstream media with the truth, and motivates people to take action on social issues nationwide. From exposing the private prison crisis to helping middle class and poor workers to understanding where your tax dollars are going, our groundbreaking social media campaigns have revolutionized activism. We are reaching millions through YouTube, bloggers, networking sites, and strategic partnerships — and we're getting results. You are critical to advancing these hard-hitting campaigns. We can't create a socially conscious nation alone. Please consider donating today to help us create and distribute cutting-edge films that get results. All donations are tax deductible. Brave New Films is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501©(3) organization that carries out the Brave New Films mission by creating and distributing educational films. Brave New Films Action Fund is a 501©(4) nonprofit organization that conducts legislative activity necessary to carry out the mission of the Brave New Films family. Neither of the Brave New Films organizations makes contributions to or expressly advocates for the election or defeat of candidates for public

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.63Overall score
out of 100
88.50Financial 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$1,951,681
Total expenses · USD$2,317,536

Program expenses

$1,789,137.79 recorded amount
77.2%

Fundraising expenses

$261,881.57 recorded amount
11.3%

Administrative expenses

$264,199.10 recorded amount
11.4%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.09 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
Jim Miller
Recorded compensation
$160,961.00
Recorded compensation percentage
6.94%

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

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All 23 original fields for Brave New Films
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
85.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
Our mission is to champion social justice issues by using a model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates and teaches civic participation and makes a difference. Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are creating a better America, and we want you to join us. Using media, films, volunteers and internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that informs the public, challenges mainstream media with the truth, and motivates people to take action on social issues nationwide. From exposing the private prison crisis to helping middle class and poor workers to understanding where your tax dollars are going, our groundbreaking social media campaigns have revolutionized activism. We are reaching millions through YouTube, bloggers, networking sites, and strategic partnerships — and we're getting results. You are critical to advancing these hard-hitting campaigns. We can't create a socially conscious nation alone. Please consider donating today to help us create and distribute cutting-edge films that get results. All donations are tax deductible. Brave New Films is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501©(3) organization that carries out the Brave New Films mission by creating and distributing educational films. Brave New Films Action Fund is a 501©(4) nonprofit organization that conducts legislative activity necessary to carry out the mission of the Brave New Films family. Neither of the Brave New Films organizations makes contributions to or expressly advocates for the election or defeat of candidates for public
ein
EIN
94-3209789
tot_exp
Total expenses
2317536.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.114
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.09
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.113
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.772
fscore
Financial score
88.5
leader
Recorded leader
Jim Miller
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
160961.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0694
motto
Tagline
Do you want to change the world?
name
Charity name
Brave New Films
tot_rev
Total revenue
1951681.0
score
Overall score
86.63
state
State code
CA
subcategory
Subcategory
Public Broadcasting and Media
size
Source size label
small
program_exp
Program expenses
1789137.7920000001
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
261881.568
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
264199.104

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.