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Pioneer Institute

EIN 22-2632081Research and Public Policy Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

30 years of common sense . . .and uncommon results

Founded in 1988, Pioneer Institute is a non-partisan public policy think tank committed to keeping Massachusetts economically competitive and to strengthening the core values of an open society. The Institute commissions timely and rigorous academic studies from leading scholars through its four practice areas: PioneerEducation seeks to increase the number and quality of educational options available to parents, drive system-wide reform, and ensure accountability in public education; PioneerHealth advances high-quality and cost-effective care through price transparency, reforms to public programs, and innovation in healthcare delivery and treatments; PioneerPublic promotes high-quality government services focused on core functions and greater transparency; PioneerOpportunity advocates policies to expand opportunity across the Commonwealth, and reforms to transportation, housing, taxation, and regulation that will increase Greater Boston's competitiveness.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.51Overall score
out of 100

88.00Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,028,523

Total expenses · USD$2,124,432

Program expenses

$1,595,448.43 recorded amount

75.1%

Fundraising expenses

$352,655.71 recorded amount

16.6%

Administrative expenses

$172,078.99 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: James Stergios
Recorded compensation: $242,437.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.41%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Pioneer Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1988, Pioneer Institute is a non-partisan public policy think tank committed to keeping Massachusetts economically competitive and to strengthening the core values of an open society. The Institute commissions timely and rigorous academic studies from leading scholars through its four practice areas: PioneerEducation seeks to increase the number and quality of educational options available to parents, drive system-wide reform, and ensure accountability in public education; PioneerHealth advances high-quality and cost-effective care through price transparency, reforms to public programs, and innovation in healthcare delivery and treatments; PioneerPublic promotes high-quality government services focused on core functions and greater transparency; PioneerOpportunity advocates policies to expand opportunity across the Commonwealth, and reforms to transportation, housing, taxation, and regulation that will increase Greater Boston's competitiveness.
`ein` EIN	22-2632081
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2124432.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.166
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7509999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.0
`leader` Recorded leader	James Stergios
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	242437.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.11410000000000001
`motto` Tagline	30 years of common sense . . .and uncommon results
`name` Charity name	Pioneer Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2028523.0
`score` Overall score	91.51
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1595448.4319999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	352655.712
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	172078.992

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2632081
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.