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Prison Fellowship Ministries

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Remember those in prison

Prison Fellowship was founded in 1976 by Charles Colson, a former aide to President Nixon who served a seven-month sentence for Watergate-related crimes. Today the Christian nonprofit is the nation's largest outreach to prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform. Prison Fellowship brings restoration to those affected by crime and incarceration in all 50 states through in-prison programs that facilitate accountability, rehabilitation, and positive reentry; community programs that support children with incarcerated parents and those returning to communities; and by advocating for federal and state criminal justice reforms based on Biblical values. Through an amazing awakening to new hope and life purpose, those who once broke the law are transformed and mobilized to serve their community, replacing the cycle of crime with a cycle of renewal.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.58Overall score
out of 100

65.47Financial 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$39,174,571

Total expenses · USD$37,459,967

Program expenses

$23,787,079.05 recorded amount

63.5%

Fundraising expenses

$9,777,051.39 recorded amount

26.1%

Administrative expenses

$3,858,376.60 recorded amount

10.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 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: James Ackerman
Recorded compensation: $130,099.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.34%

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 Prison Fellowship Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Prison Fellowship was founded in 1976 by Charles Colson, a former aide to President Nixon who served a seven-month sentence for Watergate-related crimes. Today the Christian nonprofit is the nation's largest outreach to prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform. Prison Fellowship brings restoration to those affected by crime and incarceration in all 50 states through in-prison programs that facilitate accountability, rehabilitation, and positive reentry; community programs that support children with incarcerated parents and those returning to communities; and by advocating for federal and state criminal justice reforms based on Biblical values. Through an amazing awakening to new hope and life purpose, those who once broke the law are transformed and mobilized to serve their community, replacing the cycle of crime with a cycle of renewal.
`ein` EIN	62-0988294
`tot_exp` Total expenses	37459967.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.261
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.635
`fscore` Financial score	65.47
`leader` Recorded leader	James Ackerman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	130099.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0034000000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Remember those in prison
`name` Charity name	Prison Fellowship Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	39174571.0
`score` Overall score	75.58
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	23787079.045
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	9777051.387
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3858376.6010000003

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.