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Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

EIN 52-1930922Research 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

Enabling policymakers to make informed decisions in matters of strategy, security policy and resource allocation

Founded in 1995, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is an independent, nonprofit public policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking and debate about national security strategy, defense planning and military investment options for the 21st century. CSBA’s goal is to enable policymakers to make informed decisions in matters of strategy, security policy and resource allocation. CSBA provides timely, impartial and insightful analyses to senior decision makers in the executive and legislative branches, as well as to the media and the broader national security establishment. CSBA's analysis and outreach focus on key questions related to existing and emerging threats to US national security.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.06Overall score
out of 100

80.33Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,623,577

Total expenses · USD$8,653,272

Program expenses

$6,351,501.65 recorded amount

73.4%

Fundraising expenses

$899,940.29 recorded amount

10.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,384,523.52 recorded amount

16.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.27 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas G Mahnken
Recorded compensation: $595,140.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.87%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1995, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is an independent, nonprofit public policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking and debate about national security strategy, defense planning and military investment options for the 21st century. CSBA’s goal is to enable policymakers to make informed decisions in matters of strategy, security policy and resource allocation. CSBA provides timely, impartial and insightful analyses to senior decision makers in the executive and legislative branches, as well as to the media and the broader national security establishment. CSBA's analysis and outreach focus on key questions related to existing and emerging threats to US national security.
`ein` EIN	52-1930922
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8653272.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.27
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7340000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	80.33
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas G Mahnken
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	595140.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0687
`motto` Tagline	Enabling policymakers to make informed decisions in matters of strategy, security policy and resource allocation
`name` Charity name	Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6623577.0
`score` Overall score	84.06
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6351501.648000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	899940.2880000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1384523.52

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1930922
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.