Charity profile · Historical source record

Medicare Rights Center

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Getting Medicare right
The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs and public policy initiatives. Since 1989, we've been helping people with Medicare understand their rights and benefits, navigate the Medicare system and secure the quality care they deserve. We're the largest and most reliable independent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.45Overall score
out of 100
95.00Financial score
out of 100
89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,977,626
Total expenses · USD$3,721,313

Program expenses

$3,185,443.93 recorded amount
85.6%

Fundraising expenses

$241,885.35 recorded amount
6.5%

Administrative expenses

$290,262.41 recorded amount
7.8%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.11 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
Joseph Baker
Recorded compensation
$285,298.00
Recorded compensation percentage
7.66%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Medicare Rights Center
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
89.0
category
Category
Human and Civil Rights
description
Mission & description
The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs and public policy initiatives. Since 1989, we've been helping people with Medicare understand their rights and benefits, navigate the Medicare system and secure the quality care they deserve. We're the largest and most reliable independent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States.
ein
EIN
13-3505372
tot_exp
Total expenses
3721313.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.078
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.11
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.065
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.856
fscore
Financial score
95.0
leader
Recorded leader
Joseph Baker
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
285298.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0766
motto
Tagline
Getting Medicare right
name
Charity name
Medicare Rights Center
tot_rev
Total revenue
3977626.0
score
Overall score
91.45
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Advocacy and Education
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
3185443.928
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
241885.345
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
290262.414

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.