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Center for Science in the Public Interest

EIN 23-7122879Research 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

Leading advocates for diet, health, and food safety, since 1971.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being. Since 1971, CSPI has served as an independent and effective food industry watchdog and public health advocate. In addition to leading efforts to win passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which vastly improved school foods, CSPI also helped pass the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, which was the first overhaul of the FDA in nearly 70 years. CSPI is also credited with passing laws that require the Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods, nutrition information on chain restaurant menus, and define the term "organic." CSPI's Nutrition Action Healthletter, with nearly 1 million subscribers, is the top-rated health newsletter in North America.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.45Overall score
out of 100

79.65Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$13,830,179

Total expenses · USD$12,565,933

Program expenses

$10,530,251.85 recorded amount

83.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,696,400.96 recorded amount

13.5%

Administrative expenses

$314,148.33 recorded amount

2.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michael Jacobson
Recorded compensation: $199,204.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.58%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Science in the Public Interest
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being. Since 1971, CSPI has served as an independent and effective food industry watchdog and public health advocate. In addition to leading efforts to win passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which vastly improved school foods, CSPI also helped pass the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, which was the first overhaul of the FDA in nearly 70 years. CSPI is also credited with passing laws that require the Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods, nutrition information on chain restaurant menus, and define the term "organic." CSPI's Nutrition Action Healthletter, with nearly 1 million subscribers, is the top-rated health newsletter in North America.
`ein` EIN	23-7122879
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12565933.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.025
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.135
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.838
`fscore` Financial score	79.65
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael Jacobson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	199204.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0158
`motto` Tagline	Leading advocates for diet, health, and food safety, since 1971.
`name` Charity name	Center for Science in the Public Interest
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13830179.0
`score` Overall score	85.45
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10530251.854
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1696400.955
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	314148.325

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7122879
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.