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Highlander Research and Education Center

EIN 62-0646373Human and Civil Rights Tennessee Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Addressing the most pressing problems facing the people of the South

Founded in 1932, the Highlander Research and Education Center is a residential popular education and research organization. Highlander works with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny. Through popular education, participatory research, and cultural work, we help create spaces - at Highlander and in local communities - where people gain knowledge, hope and courage, expanding their ideas of what is possible. Highlander helps activists to become more effective community educators and organizers, informed about the important issues driving conditions in communities today. We develop leadership and help create and support strong, democratic organizations that work for justice, equality and sustainability.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.35Overall score
out of 100

94.68Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,732,131

Total expenses · USD$3,030,128

Program expenses

$2,542,277.39 recorded amount

83.9%

Fundraising expenses

$306,042.93 recorded amount

10.1%

Administrative expenses

$175,747.42 recorded amount

5.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Pam Mcmichael
Recorded compensation: $60,577.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.99%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Highlander Research and Education Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1932, the Highlander Research and Education Center is a residential popular education and research organization. Highlander works with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny. Through popular education, participatory research, and cultural work, we help create spaces - at Highlander and in local communities - where people gain knowledge, hope and courage, expanding their ideas of what is possible. Highlander helps activists to become more effective community educators and organizers, informed about the important issues driving conditions in communities today. We develop leadership and help create and support strong, democratic organizations that work for justice, equality and sustainability.
`ein` EIN	62-0646373
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3030128.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10099999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	94.68
`leader` Recorded leader	Pam Mcmichael
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	60577.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0199
`motto` Tagline	Addressing the most pressing problems facing the people of the South
`name` Charity name	Highlander Research and Education Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2732131.0
`score` Overall score	91.35
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2542277.3920000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	306042.92799999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	175747.424

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-0646373
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.