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Business Executives for National Security

EIN 52-1271179Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Working to help make America safe and secure

Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nationwide, non-partisan organization, is the primary channel through which senior business executives can help enhance the nation's security. BENS members use their business experience to drive our agenda, deliver our message to decision makers, and make certain that the changes we propose are put into practice. BENS has only one special interest: to help make America safe and secure. BENS members have been using their business experience to find practical solutions to pressing national security challenges since 1982, when the organization was founded by business executive and entrepreneur Stanley A. Weiss.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.72Overall score
out of 100

88.30Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,395,569

Total expenses · USD$5,840,585

Program expenses

$4,456,366.36 recorded amount

76.3%

Fundraising expenses

$782,638.39 recorded amount

13.4%

Administrative expenses

$589,899.08 recorded amount

10.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Norton A. Schwartz
Recorded compensation: $490,588.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.39%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Business Executives for National Security
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nationwide, non-partisan organization, is the primary channel through which senior business executives can help enhance the nation's security. BENS members use their business experience to drive our agenda, deliver our message to decision makers, and make certain that the changes we propose are put into practice. BENS has only one special interest: to help make America safe and secure. BENS members have been using their business experience to find practical solutions to pressing national security challenges since 1982, when the organization was founded by business executive and entrepreneur Stanley A. Weiss.
`ein` EIN	52-1271179
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5840585.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10099999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.134
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.763
`fscore` Financial score	88.3
`leader` Recorded leader	Norton A. Schwartz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	490588.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0839
`motto` Tagline	Working to help make America safe and secure
`name` Charity name	Business Executives for National Security
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7395569.0
`score` Overall score	91.72
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4456366.355
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	782638.39
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	589899.085

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1271179
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.