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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

EIN 04-3467254Human and Civil Rights Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Defending individual rights in higher education

Founded in 1999, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) seeks to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience - the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.96Overall score
out of 100

93.54Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,899,264

Total expenses · USD$6,787,293

Program expenses

$5,423,047.11 recorded amount

79.9%

Fundraising expenses

$739,814.94 recorded amount

10.9%

Administrative expenses

$610,856.37 recorded amount

9.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Gregory Lukianoff
Recorded compensation: $304,524.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.48%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1999, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) seeks to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience - the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
`ein` EIN	04-3467254
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6787293.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.109
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.799
`fscore` Financial score	93.54
`leader` Recorded leader	Gregory Lukianoff
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	304524.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.044800000000000006
`motto` Tagline	Defending individual rights in higher education
`name` Charity name	Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10899264.0
`score` Overall score	94.96
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5423047.107
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	739814.937
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	610856.37

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-3467254
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
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.