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Institute for Energy Research

EIN 76-0149778Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Research and analysis of global energy markets.

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today's global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society. IER's perspective is based on the following tenets: free markets; objective science; public policy tradeoffs; efficient outcomes; and impartiality.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.48Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,952,491

Total expenses · USD$1,666,571

Program expenses

$1,426,584.78 recorded amount

85.6%

Fundraising expenses

$118,326.54 recorded amount

7.1%

Administrative expenses

$118,326.54 recorded amount

7.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas Pyle
Recorded compensation: $100,048.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Institute for Energy Research
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Institute for Energy Research (IER) conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today's global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society. IER's perspective is based on the following tenets: free markets; objective science; public policy tradeoffs; efficient outcomes; and impartiality.
`ein` EIN	76-0149778
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1666571.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.071
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.071
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.856
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Pyle
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	100048.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.06
`motto` Tagline	Research and analysis of global energy markets.
`name` Charity name	Institute for Energy Research
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1952491.0
`score` Overall score	89.48
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1426584.776
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	118326.54099999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	118326.54099999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 76-0149778
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.