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Mercatus Center

EIN 54-1436224Research and Public Policy Virginia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Turning ideas into action

For over 25 years, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has sought to bridge the gap that often exists between economic understanding and real-world decision making. Mercatus applies scholarly research to the problems facing policy makers. Bringing together a network of scholars and experts from around the globe, the Mercatus Center provides policy makers with the economic tools to make sense of today's most pressing issues. Mercatus turns ideas into action. Capitol Hill Campus is the central outreach program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The program bridges the gap between scholarship and policy by making academic research and methods available to policy makers, and grounding academics by making them aware of policy makers' need for relevant analysis of public policy issues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.81Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$29,566,224

Total expenses · USD$27,582,187

Program expenses

$23,886,173.94 recorded amount

86.6%

Fundraising expenses

$1,710,095.59 recorded amount

6.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,958,335.28 recorded amount

7.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Daniel Rothschild
Recorded compensation: $282,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.02%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Mercatus Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	For over 25 years, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has sought to bridge the gap that often exists between economic understanding and real-world decision making. Mercatus applies scholarly research to the problems facing policy makers. Bringing together a network of scholars and experts from around the globe, the Mercatus Center provides policy makers with the economic tools to make sense of today's most pressing issues. Mercatus turns ideas into action. Capitol Hill Campus is the central outreach program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The program bridges the gap between scholarship and policy by making academic research and methods available to policy makers, and grounding academics by making them aware of policy makers' need for relevant analysis of public policy issues.
`ein` EIN	54-1436224
`tot_exp` Total expenses	27582187.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.071
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.062
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.866
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Daniel Rothschild
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	282500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0102
`motto` Tagline	Turning ideas into action
`name` Charity name	Mercatus Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	29566224.0
`score` Overall score	88.81
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	23886173.941999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1710095.594
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1958335.2769999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-1436224
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.