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National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

EIN 52-1633883Human Services District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Lawyers working to end homelessness

The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (the Law Center) was established in 1989 by Maria Foscarinis, a lawyer who has been working to end homelessness at the national level since 1985. The mission of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the organization pursues three main strategies: impact litigation; policy advocacy; and public education. The Law Center strives to place homelessness in the larger context of poverty. By taking this approach, the organization aims to address homelessness as a very visible manifestation of deeper causes, including the shortage of affordable housing, insufficient income, and inadequate social services.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.29Overall score
out of 100

75.95Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,111,838

Total expenses · USD$1,059,806

Program expenses

$864,801.70 recorded amount

81.6%

Fundraising expenses

$107,040.41 recorded amount

10.1%

Administrative expenses

$86,904.09 recorded amount

8.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Maria Foscarinis
Recorded compensation: $97,391.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.18%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (the Law Center) was established in 1989 by Maria Foscarinis, a lawyer who has been working to end homelessness at the national level since 1985. The mission of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the organization pursues three main strategies: impact litigation; policy advocacy; and public education. The Law Center strives to place homelessness in the larger context of poverty. By taking this approach, the organization aims to address homelessness as a very visible manifestation of deeper causes, including the shortage of affordable housing, insufficient income, and inadequate social services.
`ein` EIN	52-1633883
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1059806.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10099999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.816
`fscore` Financial score	75.95
`leader` Recorded leader	Maria Foscarinis
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	97391.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.09179999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Lawyers working to end homelessness
`name` Charity name	National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1111838.0
`score` Overall score	81.29
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	864801.696
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	107040.40599999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	86904.09199999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1633883
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Homeless Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.