Charity profile · Historical source record

ProPublica

EIN 14-2007220Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Journalism in the public interest

Founded in 2007, ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them. In the best traditions of American journalism in the public service, we seek to stimulate positive change. We uncover unsavory practices in order to stimulate reform. We do this in an entirely non-partisan and non-ideological manner, adhering to the strictest standards of journalistic impartiality.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.17Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & 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$43,574,038

Total expenses · USD$18,290,801

Program expenses

$15,400,854.44 recorded amount

84.2%

Fundraising expenses

$841,376.85 recorded amount

4.6%

Administrative expenses

$2,030,278.91 recorded amount

11.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Richard Tofel
Recorded compensation: $396,415.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.16%

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 ProPublica
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2007, ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them. In the best traditions of American journalism in the public service, we seek to stimulate positive change. We uncover unsavory practices in order to stimulate reform. We do this in an entirely non-partisan and non-ideological manner, adhering to the strictest standards of journalistic impartiality.
`ein` EIN	14-2007220
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18290801.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.111
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.046
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8420000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Tofel
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	396415.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0216
`motto` Tagline	Journalism in the public interest
`name` Charity name	ProPublica
`tot_rev` Total revenue	43574038.0
`score` Overall score	97.17
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	15400854.442000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	841376.846
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2030278.911

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.