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Constitutional Accountability Center

EIN 52-2063854Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Through scholarship, litigation, and advocacy, we seek lasting victories rooted in the text and history of our Constitution.

Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of our Constitution's text and history. We work in our courts, through our government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all Americans and to protect our judiciary from politics and special interests. CAC launched on June 3, 2008. As a think tank, CAC produces original scholarship and distills and advances the work of other scholars. As an action center, CAC promotes our conviction that the Constitution is, in its most vital respects, a progressive document, written by revolutionaries and amended by those who prevailed in the most tumultuous social upheavals in our nation's history. As a law firm, CAC chooses the best cases to bring our ideas about the Constitution into court and secure victories in the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and lower federal courts that move the law in a direction that comports with text and history.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.86Overall score
out of 100

96.61Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,505,889

Total expenses · USD$3,469,685

Program expenses

$2,841,672.02 recorded amount

81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$360,847.24 recorded amount

10.4%

Administrative expenses

$260,226.38 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Elizabeth B Wydra
Recorded compensation: $207,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.98%

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All 23 original fields for Constitutional Accountability Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of our Constitution's text and history. We work in our courts, through our government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all Americans and to protect our judiciary from politics and special interests. CAC launched on June 3, 2008. As a think tank, CAC produces original scholarship and distills and advances the work of other scholars. As an action center, CAC promotes our conviction that the Constitution is, in its most vital respects, a progressive document, written by revolutionaries and amended by those who prevailed in the most tumultuous social upheavals in our nation's history. As a law firm, CAC chooses the best cases to bring our ideas about the Constitution into court and secure victories in the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and lower federal courts that move the law in a direction that comports with text and history.
`ein` EIN	52-2063854
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3469685.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8190000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	96.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Elizabeth B Wydra
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	207500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.059800000000000006
`motto` Tagline	Through scholarship, litigation, and advocacy, we seek lasting victories rooted in the text and history of our Constitution.
`name` Charity name	Constitutional Accountability Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4505889.0
`score` Overall score	91.86
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2841672.015
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	360847.24000000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	260226.375

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2063854
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.