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Center of the American Experiment

EIN 36-3611426Research and Public Policy Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Thinking Minnesota

Center of the American Experiment is Minnesota's leading public policy organization. The Center is more than a think tank. It not only researches and produces papers on Minnesota's economy, education, health care, the family, employee freedom and state and local governance. It also crafts and proposes creative solutions that emphasize free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility and government accountability. For more than 25 years, Center of the American Experiment has been the most impactful and effective public policy organization in Minnesota. It leads the way in creating and advocating policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

77.54Overall score
out of 100

89.57Financial score
out of 100

70.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,347,714

Total expenses · USD$2,247,617

Program expenses

$1,876,760.19 recorded amount

83.5%

Fundraising expenses

$278,704.51 recorded amount

12.4%

Administrative expenses

$89,904.68 recorded amount

4.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: John Hinderaker
Recorded compensation: $120,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.33%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center of the American Experiment
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	70.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Center of the American Experiment is Minnesota's leading public policy organization. The Center is more than a think tank. It not only researches and produces papers on Minnesota's economy, education, health care, the family, employee freedom and state and local governance. It also crafts and proposes creative solutions that emphasize free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility and government accountability. For more than 25 years, Center of the American Experiment has been the most impactful and effective public policy organization in Minnesota. It leads the way in creating and advocating policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state.
`ein` EIN	36-3611426
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2247617.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.04
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.124
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.835
`fscore` Financial score	89.57
`leader` Recorded leader	John Hinderaker
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	120000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0533
`motto` Tagline	Thinking Minnesota
`name` Charity name	Center of the American Experiment
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2347714.0
`score` Overall score	77.54
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1876760.1949999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	278704.508
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	89904.68000000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3611426
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.