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Center for Investigative Reporting

EIN 94-2434026Arts, Culture, Humanities California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Producing multimedia reporting

Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organization, producing multimedia reporting that has impact and is relevant to people's lives. Building on our long track record of award-winning print, broadcast and web reporting, CIR is now seeking to help lead the way in transforming journalism for the 21st century. CIR is working to ensure that high-quality, credible, unique journalism does not die, but flourishes. CIR's newest venture is California Watch, a major new reporting initiative to produce in-depth, high impact multimedia journalism specific to California and to engage the public on issues of critical importance to the state.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.80Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$13,561,450

Total expenses · USD$13,182,677

Program expenses

$10,836,160.49 recorded amount

82.2%

Fundraising expenses

$606,403.14 recorded amount

4.6%

Administrative expenses

$1,713,748.01 recorded amount

13.0%

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: Joaquin Alvarado
Recorded compensation: $214,359.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.62%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Investigative Reporting
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organization, producing multimedia reporting that has impact and is relevant to people's lives. Building on our long track record of award-winning print, broadcast and web reporting, CIR is now seeking to help lead the way in transforming journalism for the 21st century. CIR is working to ensure that high-quality, credible, unique journalism does not die, but flourishes. CIR's newest venture is California Watch, a major new reporting initiative to produce in-depth, high impact multimedia journalism specific to California and to engage the public on issues of critical importance to the state.
`ein` EIN	94-2434026
`tot_exp` Total expenses	13182677.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.046
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8220000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Joaquin Alvarado
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	214359.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.016200000000000003
`motto` Tagline	Producing multimedia reporting
`name` Charity name	Center for Investigative Reporting
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13561450.0
`score` Overall score	90.8
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10836160.494
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	606403.142
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1713748.01

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2434026
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.