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Christian Action Network

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting America's religious and moral heritage

Christian Action Network (CAN) was founded in 1990 by Martin Mawyer. Based in Lynchburg, Virginia, the group is a public advocacy and education organization based on biblical principles, values, traditions and American ideals. Its primary goals are to protect America's religious and moral heritage through educational efforts. CAN accomplishes its education work through direct-mail campaigns aimed at impacting public policy, along with public speaking engagements, documentary films, radio and TV interviews, books, and alliances with other organizations to impact change.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

52.88Overall score
out of 100

51.80Financial score
out of 100

54.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,098,170

Total expenses · USD$959,579

Program expenses

$540,242.98 recorded amount

56.3%

Fundraising expenses

$166,007.17 recorded amount

17.3%

Administrative expenses

$252,369.28 recorded amount

26.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Martin Mawyer
Recorded compensation: $133,374.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 13.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Christian Action Network
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	54.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Christian Action Network (CAN) was founded in 1990 by Martin Mawyer. Based in Lynchburg, Virginia, the group is a public advocacy and education organization based on biblical principles, values, traditions and American ideals. Its primary goals are to protect America's religious and moral heritage through educational efforts. CAN accomplishes its education work through direct-mail campaigns aimed at impacting public policy, along with public speaking engagements, documentary films, radio and TV interviews, books, and alliances with other organizations to impact change.
`ein` EIN	54-1756470
`tot_exp` Total expenses	959579.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.263
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.17300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.563
`fscore` Financial score	51.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Martin Mawyer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	133374.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1389
`motto` Tagline	Protecting America's religious and moral heritage
`name` Charity name	Christian Action Network
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1098170.0
`score` Overall score	52.88
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	540242.977
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	166007.16700000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	252369.277

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-1756470
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.