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Media Matters for America

EIN 47-0928008Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media

Media Matters for America is a web-based progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation - news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda - every day, in real time. Media Matters posts rapid-response items as well as longer research and analytic reports documenting conservative misinformation throughout the media. Additionally, Media Matters works daily to notify activists, journalists, pundits, and the general public about instances of misinformation, providing them with the resources to rebut false claims and to take direct action against offending media institutions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.10Overall score
out of 100

69.75Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,691,752

Total expenses · USD$10,867,830

Program expenses

$8,335,625.61 recorded amount

76.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,423,685.73 recorded amount

13.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,097,650.83 recorded amount

10.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Angelo Carusone
Recorded compensation: $171,906.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.58%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Media Matters for America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Media Matters for America is a web-based progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation - news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda - every day, in real time. Media Matters posts rapid-response items as well as longer research and analytic reports documenting conservative misinformation throughout the media. Additionally, Media Matters works daily to notify activists, journalists, pundits, and the general public about instances of misinformation, providing them with the resources to rebut false claims and to take direct action against offending media institutions.
`ein` EIN	47-0928008
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10867830.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10099999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.131
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.767
`fscore` Financial score	69.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Angelo Carusone
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	171906.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0158
`motto` Tagline	Comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media
`name` Charity name	Media Matters for America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10691752.0
`score` Overall score	75.1
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8335625.61
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1423685.73
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1097650.8299999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-0928008
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.