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Institute on Religion and Public Life

EIN 52-1628303Research and Public Policy New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of public life

First Things is published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. The Institute was founded in 1990 by Richard John Neuhaus and his colleagues to confront the ideology of secularism, which insists that the public square must be “naked,” and that faith has no place in shaping the public conversation or in shaping public policy. The Institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports a religiously pluralistic society capable of cooperating to defend human dignity from conception to natural death, a democratically, constitutionally ordered form of government supported by a religiously and morally serious culture, economic freedom that encourages a culture of personal and communal responsibility, and genuine patriotism and loyalty to the Western tradition that provide a basis for responsible global citizenship.

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Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

70.49Overall score
out of 100

75.82Financial score
out of 100

66.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,543,353

Total expenses · USD$2,861,837

Program expenses

$2,014,733.25 recorded amount

70.4%

Fundraising expenses

$203,190.43 recorded amount

7.1%

Administrative expenses

$638,189.65 recorded amount

22.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Russell R. Reno
Recorded compensation: $216,262.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.55%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Institute on Religion and Public Life
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	66.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	First Things is published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. The Institute was founded in 1990 by Richard John Neuhaus and his colleagues to confront the ideology of secularism, which insists that the public square must be “naked,” and that faith has no place in shaping the public conversation or in shaping public policy. The Institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports a religiously pluralistic society capable of cooperating to defend human dignity from conception to natural death, a democratically, constitutionally ordered form of government supported by a religiously and morally serious culture, economic freedom that encourages a culture of personal and communal responsibility, and genuine patriotism and loyalty to the Western tradition that provide a basis for responsible global citizenship.
`ein` EIN	52-1628303
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2861837.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.223
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.071
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7040000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	75.82
`leader` Recorded leader	Russell R. Reno
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	216262.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0755
`motto` Tagline	Advancing a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of public life
`name` Charity name	Institute on Religion and Public Life
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2543353.0
`score` Overall score	70.49
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2014733.2480000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	203190.427
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	638189.651

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1628303
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.