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Nora Lam Chinese Ministries International

EIN 23-7418355Religion California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Spreading the Gospel and providing aid to the poor

Nora Lam Chinese Ministries International promotes the good news and teaching of Jesus Christ in China and throughout the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

70.72Overall score
out of 100

75.00Financial score
out of 100

67.00Accountability & 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$7,883,187

Total expenses · USD$7,806,265

Program expenses

$6,736,806.70 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$796,239.03 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$265,413.01 recorded amount

3.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Joseph Lam
Recorded compensation: $51,971.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.66%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Nora Lam Chinese Ministries International
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	67.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Nora Lam Chinese Ministries International promotes the good news and teaching of Jesus Christ in China and throughout the world.
`ein` EIN	23-7418355
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7806265.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.034
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	75.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Joseph Lam
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	51971.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0066
`motto` Tagline	Spreading the Gospel and providing aid to the poor
`name` Charity name	Nora Lam Chinese Ministries International
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7883187.0
`score` Overall score	70.72
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6736806.695
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	796239.0299999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	265413.01

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7418355
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Activities
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.