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First Nations Development Institute

EIN 54-1254491Human Services Colorado Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Strengthening American Indian economies

Through a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners, Advocating for Systemic Change, Capitalizing Indian Communities, First Nations Development Institute has been working to restore Native American control and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities. First Nations serves rural and reservation based Native American communities throughout the United States.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

98.23Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,553,771

Total expenses · USD$7,859,206

Program expenses

$6,680,325.10 recorded amount

85.0%

Fundraising expenses

$597,299.66 recorded amount

7.6%

Administrative expenses

$565,862.83 recorded amount

7.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 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: Michael E. Roberts
Recorded compensation: $177,801.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.26%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for First Nations Development Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Through a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners, Advocating for Systemic Change, Capitalizing Indian Communities, First Nations Development Institute has been working to restore Native American control and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities. First Nations serves rural and reservation based Native American communities throughout the United States.
`ein` EIN	54-1254491
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7859206.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.076
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.85
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael E. Roberts
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	177801.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0226
`motto` Tagline	Strengthening American Indian economies
`name` Charity name	First Nations Development Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7553771.0
`score` Overall score	98.23
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6680325.1
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	597299.656
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	565862.832

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-1254491
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.