Charity profile · Historical source record

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Making democracy real in the United States since 1909
Since its inception in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has strived to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. The objectives of the NAACP are to achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes; seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights; inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination; and to educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise of these rights.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.18Overall score
out of 100
66.68Financial 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$24,358,651
Total expenses · USD$24,828,336

Program expenses

$18,223,998.62 recorded amount
73.4%

Fundraising expenses

$2,135,236.90 recorded amount
8.6%

Administrative expenses

$4,444,272.14 recorded amount
17.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.15 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
Willian Cornell Brooks
Recorded compensation
$300,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.20%

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 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
89.0
category
Category
Human and Civil Rights
description
Mission & description
Since its inception in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has strived to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. The objectives of the NAACP are to achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes; seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights; inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination; and to educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise of these rights.
ein
EIN
13-1084135
tot_exp
Total expenses
24828336.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.179
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.15
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.086
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.7340000000000001
fscore
Financial score
66.68
leader
Recorded leader
Willian Cornell Brooks
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
300000.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.012
motto
Tagline
Making democracy real in the United States since 1909
name
Charity name
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
tot_rev
Total revenue
24358651.0
score
Overall score
75.18
state
State code
MD
subcategory
Subcategory
Advocacy and Education
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
18223998.624
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
2135236.8959999997
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
4444272.143999999

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.