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Institute for Justice

EIN 52-1744337Human and Civil Rights Virginia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Litigating for liberty

Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice (IJ) advances a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society. IJ litigates to secure economic liberty, school choice, private property rights, freedom of speech and other vital individual liberties and to restore constitutional limits on the power of government. IJ provides legal counsel to inner-city entrepreneurs, because their freedom to shape their own businesses directly affects their freedom to shape their own lives and communities. In addition, IJ trains law students, lawyers, policy activists and grassroots organizers in the tactics of public interest litigation and advocacy for liberty. Through these activities, IJ challenges the ideology of the welfare state and illustrates and extends the benefits of freedom to those whose full enjoyment of liberty is denied by government.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.70Overall score
out of 100

98.77Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$25,656,698

Total expenses · USD$22,312,263

Program expenses

$18,005,996.24 recorded amount

80.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,651,107.46 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$2,610,534.77 recorded amount

11.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 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: Scott Bullock
Recorded compensation: $373,160.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Institute for Justice
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice (IJ) advances a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society. IJ litigates to secure economic liberty, school choice, private property rights, freedom of speech and other vital individual liberties and to restore constitutional limits on the power of government. IJ provides legal counsel to inner-city entrepreneurs, because their freedom to shape their own businesses directly affects their freedom to shape their own lives and communities. In addition, IJ trains law students, lawyers, policy activists and grassroots organizers in the tactics of public interest litigation and advocacy for liberty. Through these activities, IJ challenges the ideology of the welfare state and illustrates and extends the benefits of freedom to those whose full enjoyment of liberty is denied by government.
`ein` EIN	52-1744337
`tot_exp` Total expenses	22312263.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.807
`fscore` Financial score	98.77
`leader` Recorded leader	Scott Bullock
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	373160.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0167
`motto` Tagline	Litigating for liberty
`name` Charity name	Institute for Justice
`tot_rev` Total revenue	25656698.0
`score` Overall score	97.7
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	18005996.241
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1651107.4620000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2610534.7709999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1744337
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.