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Center for Public Interest Research

EIN 04-2863170Research and Public Policy Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Assisting public interest organizations

The Center for Public Interest Research engages in research and education and assists public interest organizations engaged in similar activities. The Center works with various state public interest research groups (PIRG's) to support development of the consumer protection movement through coordinated research, report writing, coalition building, citizen outreach and public education. In addition, we work with state PIRG's on a range of environmental and other public interest programs including educating the public and decision makers on issues such as a right to know, preservation of the environment, and protection of clean air and clean water.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

71.66Overall score
out of 100

82.41Financial score
out of 100

64.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,386,954

Total expenses · USD$3,214,538

Program expenses

$2,970,233.11 recorded amount

92.4%

Fundraising expenses

$144,654.21 recorded amount

4.5%

Administrative expenses

$93,221.60 recorded amount

2.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Amy Floyd
Recorded compensation: $64,579.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Public Interest Research
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	64.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Center for Public Interest Research engages in research and education and assists public interest organizations engaged in similar activities. The Center works with various state public interest research groups (PIRG's) to support development of the consumer protection movement through coordinated research, report writing, coalition building, citizen outreach and public education. In addition, we work with state PIRG's on a range of environmental and other public interest programs including educating the public and decision makers on issues such as a right to know, preservation of the environment, and protection of clean air and clean water.
`ein` EIN	04-2863170
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3214538.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.028999999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.045
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.924
`fscore` Financial score	82.41
`leader` Recorded leader	Amy Floyd
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	64579.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.02
`motto` Tagline	Assisting public interest organizations
`name` Charity name	Center for Public Interest Research
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2386954.0
`score` Overall score	71.66
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2970233.112
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	144654.21
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	93221.602

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2863170
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.