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Living on the Edge

EIN 46-0484695Religion Georgia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping Christians live like Christians

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. The ministry was established in 1995 as a radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, and has since grown into an international discipleship ministry. The ministry creates Biblical teaching and tools that challenge and equip spiritually healthy Christians to become mature disciples of Jesus.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.59Overall score
out of 100

76.80Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,911,757

Total expenses · USD$5,163,751

Program expenses

$3,810,848.24 recorded amount

73.8%

Fundraising expenses

$728,088.89 recorded amount

14.1%

Administrative expenses

$619,650.12 recorded amount

12.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Chip Ingram
Recorded compensation: $152,445.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.95%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Living on the Edge
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. The ministry was established in 1995 as a radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, and has since grown into an international discipleship ministry. The ministry creates Biblical teaching and tools that challenge and equip spiritually healthy Christians to become mature disciples of Jesus.
`ein` EIN	46-0484695
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5163751.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.141
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.738
`fscore` Financial score	76.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Chip Ingram
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152445.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.029500000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Helping Christians live like Christians
`name` Charity name	Living on the Edge
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5911757.0
`score` Overall score	83.59
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3810848.238
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	728088.891
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	619650.12

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 46-0484695
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.