Charity profile · Historical source record

Sword of the Lord

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Publishing and distributing Christian literature

The Sword of the Lord was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1934. Building a solid foundation of fundamental New Testament Christianity, we are committed to the unchanging Gospel which has always been our strength and our guide. The Sword of the Lord sees thousands of people saved every year through various Sword ministries. Over 100 sermons, as preached by outstanding pastors and evangelists of past and present, are found within THE SWORD newspaper each year. Each issue provides a strong defense of the Faith against modernism and compromise. We also publish Christian literature in hardback, paperback, tracts and booklet form.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

69.01Overall score
out of 100

84.54Financial score
out of 100

59.00Accountability & 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$1,038,540

Total expenses · USD$1,122,169

Program expenses

$828,160.72 recorded amount

73.8%

Fundraising expenses

$47,131.10 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$244,632.84 recorded amount

21.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Shelton Smith
Recorded compensation: $95,087.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.47%

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 Sword of the Lord
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	59.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	The Sword of the Lord was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1934. Building a solid foundation of fundamental New Testament Christianity, we are committed to the unchanging Gospel which has always been our strength and our guide. The Sword of the Lord sees thousands of people saved every year through various Sword ministries. Over 100 sermons, as preached by outstanding pastors and evangelists of past and present, are found within THE SWORD newspaper each year. Each issue provides a strong defense of the Faith against modernism and compromise. We also publish Christian literature in hardback, paperback, tracts and booklet form.
`ein` EIN	36-2212715
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1122169.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.218
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.738
`fscore` Financial score	84.54
`leader` Recorded leader	Shelton Smith
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	95087.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08470000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Publishing and distributing Christian literature
`name` Charity name	Sword of the Lord
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1038540.0
`score` Overall score	69.01
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	828160.722
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	47131.098000000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	244632.842

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.