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Project Vote Smart

EIN 85-0364261Human and Civil Rights Iowa Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The voter's self-defense system

Since Project Vote Smart was inaugurated in 1992, we have offered special services and programs for political journalists to enhance their coverage of politics and elections. The Project partners with more than 300 national, state, and local news organizations, all endorsing Project programs. In addition to comprehensive databases on more than 40,000 candidates and incumbents, the Project provides journalists with special research services and publications. We devote considerable effort to researching information about all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative office and elected officials. Voters thus have access to unbiased information on candidates as well as those serving in elected positions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.04Overall score
out of 100

94.65Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,018,940

Total expenses · USD$1,545,665

Program expenses

$1,270,536.63 recorded amount

82.2%

Fundraising expenses

$102,013.89 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$171,568.82 recorded amount

11.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Richard Kimball
Recorded compensation: $80,564.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.21%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Project Vote Smart
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Since Project Vote Smart was inaugurated in 1992, we have offered special services and programs for political journalists to enhance their coverage of politics and elections. The Project partners with more than 300 national, state, and local news organizations, all endorsing Project programs. In addition to comprehensive databases on more than 40,000 candidates and incumbents, the Project provides journalists with special research services and publications. We devote considerable effort to researching information about all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative office and elected officials. Voters thus have access to unbiased information on candidates as well as those serving in elected positions.
`ein` EIN	85-0364261
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1545665.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.111
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8220000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	94.65
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Kimball
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	80564.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0521
`motto` Tagline	The voter's self-defense system
`name` Charity name	Project Vote Smart
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1018940.0
`score` Overall score	86.04
`state` State code	IA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1270536.6300000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	102013.89
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	171568.815

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 85-0364261
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Iowa (IA)
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.