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Citizens Against Government Waste

EIN 52-1363952Human and Civil Rights District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

America's #1 taxpayer watchdog

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a private, non-partisan organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide. Founded in 1984, CAGW's mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government. CAGW produces numerous publications highlighting wasteful government spending, including the quarterly newspaper, Government WasteWatch, and the annual Congressional Pig Book Summary, an exposé of the most glaring and irresponsible pork-barrel projects in the 13 annual appropriations bills and their sponsors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.69Overall score
out of 100

79.74Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,613,493

Total expenses · USD$3,768,713

Program expenses

$2,525,037.71 recorded amount

67.0%

Fundraising expenses

$753,742.60 recorded amount

20.0%

Administrative expenses

$486,163.98 recorded amount

12.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas A. Schatz
Recorded compensation: $325,781.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.64%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Citizens Against Government Waste
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a private, non-partisan organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide. Founded in 1984, CAGW's mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government. CAGW produces numerous publications highlighting wasteful government spending, including the quarterly newspaper, Government WasteWatch, and the annual Congressional Pig Book Summary, an exposé of the most glaring and irresponsible pork-barrel projects in the 13 annual appropriations bills and their sponsors.
`ein` EIN	52-1363952
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3768713.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.129
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.2
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.67
`fscore` Financial score	79.74
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas A. Schatz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	325781.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0864
`motto` Tagline	America's #1 taxpayer watchdog
`name` Charity name	Citizens Against Government Waste
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4613493.0
`score` Overall score	83.69
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2525037.71
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	753742.6000000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	486163.977

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1363952
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
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.