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Good News

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advocating Scriptural Christianity

The Good News movement is a voice for repentance, an agent for reform, and a catalyst for renewal within the United Methodist Church. By God's grace, we will proclaim and demonstrate the power and effectiveness of historic Christianity as emphasized in Wesleyan doctrine and practice. Good News advocates Scriptural Christianity with holy living among United Methodists; nurtures evangelical fellowship within a worshipping, caring, and inclusive community; seeks diligently to be faithful and challenge unfairness wherever it is found in the church; informs and educated United Methodists about issues challenging the church and creates and/or assists in creating supplemental church structures if necessary.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.45Overall score
out of 100

77.00Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$963,962

Total expenses · USD$867,349

Program expenses

$600,205.51 recorded amount

69.2%

Fundraising expenses

$142,245.24 recorded amount

16.4%

Administrative expenses

$123,163.56 recorded amount

14.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Rev. Rob Renfroe
Recorded compensation: $35,931.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.14%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Good News
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	The Good News movement is a voice for repentance, an agent for reform, and a catalyst for renewal within the United Methodist Church. By God's grace, we will proclaim and demonstrate the power and effectiveness of historic Christianity as emphasized in Wesleyan doctrine and practice. Good News advocates Scriptural Christianity with holy living among United Methodists; nurtures evangelical fellowship within a worshipping, caring, and inclusive community; seeks diligently to be faithful and challenge unfairness wherever it is found in the church; informs and educated United Methodists about issues challenging the church and creates and/or assists in creating supplemental church structures if necessary.
`ein` EIN	36-2680478
`tot_exp` Total expenses	867349.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.142
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.16399999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6920000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	77.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Rev. Rob Renfroe
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	35931.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0414
`motto` Tagline	Advocating Scriptural Christianity
`name` Charity name	Good News
`tot_rev` Total revenue	963962.0
`score` Overall score	75.45
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	600205.508
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	142245.23599999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	123163.55799999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2680478
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.