Charity profile · Historical source record

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

EIN 74-1563270Human and Civil Rights California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing Latino civil rights since 1968

Founded in 1968, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the nation's leading nonprofit Latino legal organization. Often described as the law firm of the Latino community, MALDEF promotes equality and justice through litigation, advocacy, public policy, and community education in the areas of employment, immigrants' rights, voting rights, education, and language rights. MALDEF strives to implement programs that are structured to bring Latinos into the mainstream of American political and socio-economic life; providing better educational opportunities; encouraging participation in all aspects of society; and offering a positive vision for the future. Unique to MALDEF is an approach that combines advocacy, educational outreach, and litigation strategies to achieve socio-economic change.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.37Overall score
out of 100

85.93Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,797,849

Total expenses · USD$6,747,829

Program expenses

$5,337,532.74 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$350,887.11 recorded amount

5.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,045,913.49 recorded amount

15.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas Saenz
Recorded compensation: $246,041.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.64%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1968, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the nation's leading nonprofit Latino legal organization. Often described as the law firm of the Latino community, MALDEF promotes equality and justice through litigation, advocacy, public policy, and community education in the areas of employment, immigrants' rights, voting rights, education, and language rights. MALDEF strives to implement programs that are structured to bring Latinos into the mainstream of American political and socio-economic life; providing better educational opportunities; encouraging participation in all aspects of society; and offering a positive vision for the future. Unique to MALDEF is an approach that combines advocacy, educational outreach, and litigation strategies to achieve socio-economic change.
`ein` EIN	74-1563270
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6747829.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.155
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	85.93
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Saenz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	246041.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0364
`motto` Tagline	Advancing Latino civil rights since 1968
`name` Charity name	Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8797849.0
`score` Overall score	87.37
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5337532.738999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	350887.108
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1045913.495

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-1563270
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.