Charity profile · Historical source record

National Urban League

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering communities. Changing lives.
Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 35 states and the District of Columbia providing direct services to more than two million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research. The mission of the Urban League movement is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.27Overall score
out of 100
83.42Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & 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$53,093,389
Total expenses · USD$47,626,361

Program expenses

$37,862,957.00 recorded amount
79.5%

Fundraising expenses

$3,190,966.19 recorded amount
6.7%

Administrative expenses

$6,524,811.46 recorded amount
13.7%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.07 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
Marc H. Morial
Recorded compensation
$726,923.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.52%

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 Urban League
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Human and Civil Rights
description
Mission & description
Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 35 states and the District of Columbia providing direct services to more than two million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research. The mission of the Urban League movement is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
ein
EIN
13-1840489
tot_exp
Total expenses
47626361.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.13699999999999998
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.07
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.067
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.795
fscore
Financial score
83.42
leader
Recorded leader
Marc H. Morial
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
726923.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0152
motto
Tagline
Empowering communities. Changing lives.
name
Charity name
National Urban League
tot_rev
Total revenue
53093389.0
score
Overall score
88.27
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Advocacy and Education
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
37862956.995000005
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
3190966.1870000004
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
6524811.4569999995

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.