Charity profile · Historical source record

Center for Media and Democracy

EIN 39-1777402Arts, Culture, Humanities Wisconsin Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

National watchdog group for conducting in-depth investigations into corruption and the undue influence of corporations on media and democracy.

The Center for Media and Democracy is a national watchdog group that conducts in-depth investigations into corruption and the undue influence of corporations on media and democracy. The findings of CMD's investigative journalism are regularly cited by the leading national and state newspapers in the U.S., including the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Washington Post. CMD's reporting is credited by news shows on major broadcast stations including HBO, Showtime, PBS, NBC, CBS, and others, and has also been featured on in-depth news programs, such as Moyers & Company, Democracy Now, and the Thom Hartmann Show, as well as NPR and other public broadcasting agencies, such as the BBC and CBC.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.77Overall score
out of 100

80.81Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,686,834

Total expenses · USD$1,843,241

Program expenses

$1,411,922.61 recorded amount

76.6%

Fundraising expenses

$140,086.32 recorded amount

7.6%

Administrative expenses

$287,545.60 recorded amount

15.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: Arn Pearson
Recorded compensation: $140,048.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.59%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Media and Democracy
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Center for Media and Democracy is a national watchdog group that conducts in-depth investigations into corruption and the undue influence of corporations on media and democracy. The findings of CMD's investigative journalism are regularly cited by the leading national and state newspapers in the U.S., including the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Washington Post. CMD's reporting is credited by news shows on major broadcast stations including HBO, Showtime, PBS, NBC, CBS, and others, and has also been featured on in-depth news programs, such as Moyers & Company, Democracy Now, and the Thom Hartmann Show, as well as NPR and other public broadcasting agencies, such as the BBC and CBC.
`ein` EIN	39-1777402
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1843241.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.156
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.076
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7659999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	80.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Arn Pearson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	140048.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0759
`motto` Tagline	National watchdog group for conducting in-depth investigations into corruption and the undue influence of corporations on media and democracy.
`name` Charity name	Center for Media and Democracy
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1686834.0
`score` Overall score	82.77
`state` State code	WI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1411922.606
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	140086.316
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	287545.596

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 39-1777402
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Wisconsin (WI)
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.