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Cornerstone TeleVision

EIN 23-7112560Religion Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Reaching a world God loves

Founded in 1970, Cornerstone TeleVision (CTV) is a Christian media ministry communicating God's message to the nations. CTV's philosophy is to present a well-balanced and diversified program schedule that proclaims the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in varied ways by using unique entertaining means to attract all segments of our viewing audience so as to evangelize and edify them - emphasizing CTV produced programming and featuring the best Christian programs available - always aiming to add or replace a program with the same quality or better. Cornerstone TeleVision is here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with over 100 programs, ministering salvation, encouragement, and healing through two full-power television stations, over 100 affiliate stations, in-house production of 16 innovative original programs, and a nationwide satellite outreach through Sky Angel.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

73.71Overall score
out of 100

68.05Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$14,501,243

Total expenses · USD$5,988,333

Program expenses

$3,634,918.13 recorded amount

60.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,137,783.27 recorded amount

19.0%

Administrative expenses

$1,203,654.93 recorded amount

20.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.34 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Donald Black
Recorded compensation: $162,088.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.70%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cornerstone TeleVision
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1970, Cornerstone TeleVision (CTV) is a Christian media ministry communicating God's message to the nations. CTV's philosophy is to present a well-balanced and diversified program schedule that proclaims the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in varied ways by using unique entertaining means to attract all segments of our viewing audience so as to evangelize and edify them - emphasizing CTV produced programming and featuring the best Christian programs available - always aiming to add or replace a program with the same quality or better. Cornerstone TeleVision is here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with over 100 programs, ministering salvation, encouragement, and healing through two full-power television stations, over 100 affiliate stations, in-house production of 16 innovative original programs, and a nationwide satellite outreach through Sky Angel.
`ein` EIN	23-7112560
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5988333.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.201
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.34
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.19
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.607
`fscore` Financial score	68.05
`leader` Recorded leader	Donald Black
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	162088.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.027000000000000003
`motto` Tagline	Reaching a world God loves
`name` Charity name	Cornerstone TeleVision
`tot_rev` Total revenue	14501243.0
`score` Overall score	73.71
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3634918.131
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1137783.27
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1203654.933

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7112560
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.