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Ligonier Ministries

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping people grow in their knowledge of God and His holiness.

Ligonier Ministries exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. To that end, Ligonier's outreach today is manifold and worldwide. Having been founded by Dr. R.C. Sproul in 1971, Ligonier's teaching fellowship consists of theologians, pastors, and scholars who teach through Renewing Your Mind broadcasts, the Reformation Study Bible, Tabletalk magazine, books through the Reformation Trust Publishing division, and hundreds of teaching series. The ministry also offers an undergraduate degree program through Reformation Bible College.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.44Overall score
out of 100

85.62Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$23,113,319

Total expenses · USD$21,587,586

Program expenses

$15,046,547.44 recorded amount

69.7%

Fundraising expenses

$3,864,177.89 recorded amount

17.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,655,273.08 recorded amount

12.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Christopher Larson
Recorded compensation: $257,516.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.19%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Ligonier Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Ligonier Ministries exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. To that end, Ligonier's outreach today is manifold and worldwide. Having been founded by Dr. R.C. Sproul in 1971, Ligonier's teaching fellowship consists of theologians, pastors, and scholars who teach through Renewing Your Mind broadcasts, the Reformation Study Bible, Tabletalk magazine, books through the Reformation Trust Publishing division, and hundreds of teaching series. The ministry also offers an undergraduate degree program through Reformation Bible College.
`ein` EIN	25-1298611
`tot_exp` Total expenses	21587586.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.179
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6970000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	85.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Christopher Larson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	257516.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011899999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Helping people grow in their knowledge of God and His holiness.
`name` Charity name	Ligonier Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	23113319.0
`score` Overall score	89.44
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	15046547.442000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3864177.894
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2655273.078

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 25-1298611
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.