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Council on Foreign Relations

EIN 13-1628168International New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A nonpartisan resource for information and analysis

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. The Council does this by: maintaining a diverse membership; convening meetings to discuss and debate major international issues; supporting a Studies Program that fosters independent research; publishing the journal Foreign Affairs; sponsoring independent task forces; and providing up-to-date information about foreign policy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.81Overall score
out of 100

84.25Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$83,795,500

Total expenses · USD$69,262,800

Program expenses

$49,245,850.80 recorded amount

71.1%

Fundraising expenses

$4,294,293.60 recorded amount

6.2%

Administrative expenses

$15,584,130.00 recorded amount

22.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Richard Haass
Recorded compensation: $1,420,729.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.05%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Council on Foreign Relations
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. The Council does this by: maintaining a diverse membership; convening meetings to discuss and debate major international issues; supporting a Studies Program that fosters independent research; publishing the journal Foreign Affairs; sponsoring independent task forces; and providing up-to-date information about foreign policy.
`ein` EIN	13-1628168
`tot_exp` Total expenses	69262800.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.225
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.062
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.711
`fscore` Financial score	84.25
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Haass
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	1420729.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.020499999999999997
`motto` Tagline	A nonpartisan resource for information and analysis
`name` Charity name	Council on Foreign Relations
`tot_rev` Total revenue	83795500.0
`score` Overall score	87.81
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	International Peace, Security, and Affairs
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	49245850.8
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4294293.6
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	15584130.0

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1628168
Source category: International
Source subcategory: International Peace, Security, and Affairs
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.