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Focus on the Family

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping families thrive

Focus on the Family's mission is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with as many people as possible by nurturing and defending the God-ordained institution of the family and promoting biblical truths worldwide. That's been our goal since 1977, when child psychologist Dr. James Dobson started a small 15-minute radio weekly broadcast. Our broadcasts now reach 220 million listeners daily, on over 7,000 stations in 160 countries. We're on the front-lines wherever legislation threatens to harm the family. We keep the printing-presses running with brochures, newsletters, magazines and books to help make sense of marriage and parenting. We've created a web and cell phone presence for immediate advice and resources.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.30Overall score
out of 100

84.88Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$86,542,406

Total expenses · USD$86,608,051

Program expenses

$73,270,411.15 recorded amount

84.6%

Fundraising expenses

$6,149,171.62 recorded amount

7.1%

Administrative expenses

$7,015,252.13 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: James D. Daly
Recorded compensation: $253,517.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.29%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Focus on the Family
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Focus on the Family's mission is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with as many people as possible by nurturing and defending the God-ordained institution of the family and promoting biblical truths worldwide. That's been our goal since 1977, when child psychologist Dr. James Dobson started a small 15-minute radio weekly broadcast. Our broadcasts now reach 220 million listeners daily, on over 7,000 stations in 160 countries. We're on the front-lines wherever legislation threatens to harm the family. We keep the printing-presses running with brochures, newsletters, magazines and books to help make sense of marriage and parenting. We've created a web and cell phone presence for immediate advice and resources.
`ein` EIN	95-3188150
`tot_exp` Total expenses	86608051.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.071
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.846
`fscore` Financial score	84.88
`leader` Recorded leader	James D. Daly
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	253517.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0029
`motto` Tagline	Helping families thrive
`name` Charity name	Focus on the Family
`tot_rev` Total revenue	86542406.0
`score` Overall score	89.3
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	73270411.146
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	6149171.620999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	7015252.131

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3188150
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.