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PEN American Center

EIN 13-3447888Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing literature and defending free expression

Founded in 1922, PEN American Center (PEN) is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship. PEN is comprised of 4,000 professional members who represent the most distinguished writers, translators, and editors in the United States. PEN also welcomes Advocate Members who come from all parts of the literary community - booksellers, librarians, students, passionate readers - and who share PEN's ideals. PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world's oldest international literary and human rights organization, International PEN. Our programs promote writing and literature at every level and are founded on the belief that free expression is an essential component of every healthy society.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.27Overall score
out of 100

89.84Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,578,407

Total expenses · USD$6,594,856

Program expenses

$4,992,305.99 recorded amount

75.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,048,582.10 recorded amount

15.9%

Administrative expenses

$540,778.19 recorded amount

8.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Suzanne Nossel
Recorded compensation: $352,738.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.34%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for PEN American Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1922, PEN American Center (PEN) is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship. PEN is comprised of 4,000 professional members who represent the most distinguished writers, translators, and editors in the United States. PEN also welcomes Advocate Members who come from all parts of the literary community - booksellers, librarians, students, passionate readers - and who share PEN's ideals. PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world's oldest international literary and human rights organization, International PEN. Our programs promote writing and literature at every level and are founded on the belief that free expression is an essential component of every healthy society.
`ein` EIN	13-3447888
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6594856.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.159
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.757
`fscore` Financial score	89.84
`leader` Recorded leader	Suzanne Nossel
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	352738.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.053399999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Advancing literature and defending free expression
`name` Charity name	PEN American Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7578407.0
`score` Overall score	92.27
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4992305.992
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1048582.104
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	540778.1919999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3447888
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.