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Center for Food Safety

EIN 52-2165893Research 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

Protecting our farms, our health, and our environment

Founded in 1997, Center for Food Safety (CFS) works to protect human health and the environment by curbing the proliferation of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture. CFS combines multiple tools and strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.99Overall score
out of 100

81.47Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,418,315

Total expenses · USD$4,380,584

Program expenses

$3,946,906.18 recorded amount

90.1%

Fundraising expenses

$201,506.86 recorded amount

4.6%

Administrative expenses

$223,409.78 recorded amount

5.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Andrew Kimbrell
Recorded compensation: $214,200.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.88%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Food Safety
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1997, Center for Food Safety (CFS) works to protect human health and the environment by curbing the proliferation of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture. CFS combines multiple tools and strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach.
`ein` EIN	52-2165893
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4380584.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.051
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.046
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9009999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	81.47
`leader` Recorded leader	Andrew Kimbrell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	214200.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.048799999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Protecting our farms, our health, and our environment
`name` Charity name	Center for Food Safety
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4418315.0
`score` Overall score	85.99
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3946906.1839999994
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	201506.864
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	223409.78399999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2165893
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.