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Changed Lives

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Let's talk about it

Changed Lives provides Christian internet broadcasting to U.S. and world listeners; individual counseling; and distributes Bibles and Christian materials at no charge to recipients. For more than a generation Ben Haden was a speaker on a weekly worldwide TV and radio program under the name of Changed Lives. Now, Ben is concentrating on the internet seven days a week, 24 hours a day, using state-of-the-art internet streaming with video and audio on demand.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.37Overall score
out of 100

92.05Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$222,665

Total expenses · USD$1,145,541

Program expenses

$912,996.18 recorded amount

79.7%

Fundraising expenses

$84,770.03 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$145,483.71 recorded amount

12.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dallas H. Gibbons
Recorded compensation: $111,030.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.69%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Changed Lives
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Changed Lives provides Christian internet broadcasting to U.S. and world listeners; individual counseling; and distributes Bibles and Christian materials at no charge to recipients. For more than a generation Ben Haden was a speaker on a weekly worldwide TV and radio program under the name of Changed Lives. Now, Ben is concentrating on the internet seven days a week, 24 hours a day, using state-of-the-art internet streaming with video and audio on demand.
`ein` EIN	62-6081698
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1145541.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.127
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.797
`fscore` Financial score	92.05
`leader` Recorded leader	Dallas H. Gibbons
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	111030.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0969
`motto` Tagline	Let's talk about it
`name` Charity name	Changed Lives
`tot_rev` Total revenue	222665.0
`score` Overall score	94.37
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	912996.177
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	84770.03400000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	145483.707

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-6081698
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.