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MapLight

EIN 33-1094233Human and Civil Rights California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Revealing money's influence on politics

MapLight is a nonpartisan research organization that reveals money's influence on politics. We research and compile data about the sources of campaign contributions in U.S. presidential, congressional, state, and local ballot and candidate elections. We provide journalists and citizens with transparency tools that connect data on campaign contributions, politicians, legislative votes, industries, companies, and more to show patterns of influence never before possible to see. These tools allow users to gain unique insights into how campaign contributions affect policy so they can draw their own conclusions about how money influences our political system.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.96Overall score
out of 100

85.81Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,752,214

Total expenses · USD$2,988,723

Program expenses

$2,364,079.89 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$370,601.65 recorded amount

12.4%

Administrative expenses

$251,052.73 recorded amount

8.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 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: Daniel Newman
Recorded compensation: $203,763.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.81%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for MapLight
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	MapLight is a nonpartisan research organization that reveals money's influence on politics. We research and compile data about the sources of campaign contributions in U.S. presidential, congressional, state, and local ballot and candidate elections. We provide journalists and citizens with transparency tools that connect data on campaign contributions, politicians, legislative votes, industries, companies, and more to show patterns of influence never before possible to see. These tools allow users to gain unique insights into how campaign contributions affect policy so they can draw their own conclusions about how money influences our political system.
`ein` EIN	33-1094233
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2988723.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.084
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.124
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	85.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Daniel Newman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	203763.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0681
`motto` Tagline	Revealing money's influence on politics
`name` Charity name	MapLight
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1752214.0
`score` Overall score	89.96
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2364079.8929999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	370601.652
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	251052.73200000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 33-1094233
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.