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Center for Individual Rights

EIN 52-1600481Human and Civil Rights District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting for individual rights

Incorporated in 1988, the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. CIR seeks to enforce constitutional limits on state and federal power. We are not a legal services firm nor a public policy institute. We aggressively litigate and publicize a handful of carefully selected cases that advance the right of individuals to govern themselves according to the natural exercise of their own reason. Our cases challenge excessive government regulation, unconstitutional state action, and other entanglements characteristic of the modern state. We make no apologies for bringing only those cases that overtly advance this agenda.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.58Overall score
out of 100

96.89Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,021,030

Total expenses · USD$1,689,279

Program expenses

$1,535,554.61 recorded amount

90.9%

Fundraising expenses

$70,949.72 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$79,396.11 recorded amount

4.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Terence Pell
Recorded compensation: $210,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 12.43%

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All 23 original fields for Center for Individual Rights
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Incorporated in 1988, the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. CIR seeks to enforce constitutional limits on state and federal power. We are not a legal services firm nor a public policy institute. We aggressively litigate and publicize a handful of carefully selected cases that advance the right of individuals to govern themselves according to the natural exercise of their own reason. Our cases challenge excessive government regulation, unconstitutional state action, and other entanglements characteristic of the modern state. We make no apologies for bringing only those cases that overtly advance this agenda.
`ein` EIN	52-1600481
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1689279.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.047
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.909
`fscore` Financial score	96.89
`leader` Recorded leader	Terence Pell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	210000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1243
`motto` Tagline	Fighting for individual rights
`name` Charity name	Center for Individual Rights
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2021030.0
`score` Overall score	94.58
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1535554.611
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	70949.71800000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	79396.113

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1600481
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.