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National Legal and Policy Center

EIN 52-1750188Human and Civil Rights Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting ethics in public life

Founded in 1991, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) promotes a single standard of ethics in public life through research, education and legal action. We do not believe that ethics are advanced through more laws or better guidelines, even as existing ones are ignored. We don't believe the problem is with too few laws, or with too much freedom, but with men and women. NLPC believes the missing ingredients are character, morality and common sense. We recognize that the bigger the government, the more opportunities for corruption; and the more intervention in the economy, the more reason for special interests to seek influence. At NLPC, we believe that the best way to promote ethics is to reduce the size of government.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.12Overall score
out of 100

81.26Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,857,295

Total expenses · USD$1,329,822

Program expenses

$958,801.66 recorded amount

72.1%

Fundraising expenses

$238,038.14 recorded amount

17.9%

Administrative expenses

$130,322.56 recorded amount

9.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Peter T. Flaherty
Recorded compensation: $225,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 16.91%

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All 23 original fields for National Legal and Policy Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1991, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) promotes a single standard of ethics in public life through research, education and legal action. We do not believe that ethics are advanced through more laws or better guidelines, even as existing ones are ignored. We don't believe the problem is with too few laws, or with too much freedom, but with men and women. NLPC believes the missing ingredients are character, morality and common sense. We recognize that the bigger the government, the more opportunities for corruption; and the more intervention in the economy, the more reason for special interests to seek influence. At NLPC, we believe that the best way to promote ethics is to reduce the size of government.
`ein` EIN	52-1750188
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1329822.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.098
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.179
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.721
`fscore` Financial score	81.26
`leader` Recorded leader	Peter T. Flaherty
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	225000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1691
`motto` Tagline	Promoting ethics in public life
`name` Charity name	National Legal and Policy Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1857295.0
`score` Overall score	81.12
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	958801.662
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	238038.13799999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	130322.55600000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1750188
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.