Charity profile · Historical source record

The American Spectator Foundation

EIN 23-7002632Arts, Culture, Humanities Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Educating the public

The American Spectator Foundation, founded in 1999, educates the public on new ideas, concepts and policies that favor the principles of economic freedom, individual liberty, limited government, and traditional American values. To this end, the Foundation also trains and cultivates young writers for careers in journalism and serves as a resource and an outlet for a host of both young and established conservative writers and thinkers. The Foundation is responsible for publishing "The American Spectator" which provides Americans with news and commentary on politics, economics, and culture.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

25.96Overall score
out of 100

0.00Financial score
out of 100

69.00Accountability & 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$1,053,754

Total expenses · USD$845,863

Program expenses

$249,529.58 recorded amount

29.5%

Fundraising expenses

$101,503.56 recorded amount

12.0%

Administrative expenses

$493,138.13 recorded amount

58.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Donald Rieck
Recorded compensation: $127,910.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 15.12%

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 The American Spectator Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	69.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The American Spectator Foundation, founded in 1999, educates the public on new ideas, concepts and policies that favor the principles of economic freedom, individual liberty, limited government, and traditional American values. To this end, the Foundation also trains and cultivates young writers for careers in journalism and serves as a resource and an outlet for a host of both young and established conservative writers and thinkers. The Foundation is responsible for publishing "The American Spectator" which provides Americans with news and commentary on politics, economics, and culture.
`ein` EIN	23-7002632
`tot_exp` Total expenses	845863.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.583
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.295
`fscore` Financial score	0.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Donald Rieck
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	127910.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1512
`motto` Tagline	Educating the public
`name` Charity name	The American Spectator Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1053754.0
`score` Overall score	25.96
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	249529.585
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	101503.56
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	493138.12899999996

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.