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Institute for Free Speech

EIN 20-3676886Human and Civil Rights Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Protecting speech, press, assembly, and petition rights

Through strategic litigation, communication, activism, training, research, and education, the Institute for Free Speech (IFS) works to promote and defend the political rights to free speech, press, assembly, and petition guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.23Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,433,660

Total expenses · USD$1,939,035

Program expenses

$1,655,935.89 recorded amount

85.4%

Fundraising expenses

$209,415.78 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$71,744.30 recorded amount

3.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Keating
Recorded compensation: $152,067.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.84%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Institute for Free Speech
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Through strategic litigation, communication, activism, training, research, and education, the Institute for Free Speech (IFS) works to promote and defend the political rights to free speech, press, assembly, and petition guaranteed by the First Amendment.
`ein` EIN	20-3676886
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1939035.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8540000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	David Keating
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152067.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0784
`motto` Tagline	Protecting speech, press, assembly, and petition rights
`name` Charity name	Institute for Free Speech
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2433660.0
`score` Overall score	97.23
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1655935.8900000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	209415.78000000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	71744.29500000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-3676886
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.