Charity profile · Historical source record

Public Knowledge

EIN 52-2336690Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting fairness amongst laws governing digital communications.

Founded in 2001, Public Knowledge (PK) preserves the openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge; promotes creativity through balanced copyright; and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully. Public Knowledge works at the intersection of copyright, telecommunications, and Internet law, at a time when these fields are converging. PK's experience in all three areas puts it in an ideal position to advocate for policies that serve the public interest.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.10Overall score
out of 100

87.28Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$5,629,518

Total expenses · USD$2,837,102

Program expenses

$2,161,871.72 recorded amount

76.2%

Fundraising expenses

$136,180.90 recorded amount

4.8%

Administrative expenses

$536,212.28 recorded amount

18.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Eugene Kimmelman
Recorded compensation: $277,285.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.77%

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 Public Knowledge
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2001, Public Knowledge (PK) preserves the openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge; promotes creativity through balanced copyright; and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully. Public Knowledge works at the intersection of copyright, telecommunications, and Internet law, at a time when these fields are converging. PK's experience in all three areas puts it in an ideal position to advocate for policies that serve the public interest.
`ein` EIN	52-2336690
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2837102.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.18899999999999997
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.048
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.762
`fscore` Financial score	87.28
`leader` Recorded leader	Eugene Kimmelman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	277285.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0977
`motto` Tagline	Promoting fairness amongst laws governing digital communications.
`name` Charity name	Public Knowledge
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5629518.0
`score` Overall score	88.1
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2161871.724
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	136180.896
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	536212.2779999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2336690
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

Explore alongside

Related source records

Linked by source subcategory, prioritizing the same recorded state. Not a recommendation or ranking.

A useful next step

Keep the context.

Check current organizational information separately before making a giving decision. This record does not include an official website, donation URL, or current eligibility field.

Giving research guide ↗

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.