Charity profile · Historical source record

Graywolf Press

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A rare breed of publisher
Graywolf Press was incorporated in 1984, and is considered one of the nation's leading nonprofit literary publishers. Graywolf Press is dedicated to the creation and promotion of contemporary literature. The organization serves literary writers and readers whose work and concerns are overlooked in other publishing environments. Graywolf strives to be creative, inclusive and collaborative in its programming. All of the organization's publications are distributed and promoted internationally. Promotion and outreach efforts also include author readings, discussion panels, lectures and classes conducted by staff. A commitment to quality, and a willingness to embrace or invent new models, has kept Graywolf at the forefront of the small press movement.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.47Overall score
out of 100
95.00Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & 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$4,135,680
Total expenses · USD$3,328,117

Program expenses

$2,832,227.57 recorded amount
85.1%

Fundraising expenses

$286,218.06 recorded amount
8.6%

Administrative expenses

$206,343.25 recorded amount
6.2%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.23 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
Fiona McCrae
Recorded compensation
$124,229.00
Recorded compensation percentage
3.73%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Graywolf Press
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
Graywolf Press was incorporated in 1984, and is considered one of the nation's leading nonprofit literary publishers. Graywolf Press is dedicated to the creation and promotion of contemporary literature. The organization serves literary writers and readers whose work and concerns are overlooked in other publishing environments. Graywolf strives to be creative, inclusive and collaborative in its programming. All of the organization's publications are distributed and promoted internationally. Promotion and outreach efforts also include author readings, discussion panels, lectures and classes conducted by staff. A commitment to quality, and a willingness to embrace or invent new models, has kept Graywolf at the forefront of the small press movement.
ein
EIN
91-1257237
tot_exp
Total expenses
3328117.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.062
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.23
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.086
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.851
fscore
Financial score
95.0
leader
Recorded leader
Fiona McCrae
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
124229.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0373
motto
Tagline
A rare breed of publisher
name
Charity name
Graywolf Press
tot_rev
Total revenue
4135680.0
score
Overall score
95.47
state
State code
MN
subcategory
Subcategory
Public Broadcasting and Media
size
Source size label
small
program_exp
Program expenses
2832227.567
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
286218.062
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
206343.254

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.