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The Aspen Institute

EIN 84-0399006Research and Public Policy District of Columbia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue

Founded in 1950, the Aspen Institute has a twofold mission: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. The Aspen Institute does this primarily in four ways: seminars, which help participants reflect on what they think makes a good society, thereby deepening knowledge, broadening perspectives and enhancing their capacity to solve the problems leaders face; young-leader fellowships around the globe, which bring a selected class of proven leaders together; policy programs, which serve as nonpartisan forums for analysis, consensus building, and problem solving; and public conferences and events, which provide a commons for people to share ideas.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.32Overall score
out of 100

93.05Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$129,329,186

Total expenses · USD$136,995,834

Program expenses

$107,130,742.19 recorded amount

78.2%

Fundraising expenses

$3,698,887.52 recorded amount

2.7%

Administrative expenses

$25,892,212.63 recorded amount

18.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Walter Isaacson
Recorded compensation: $846,893.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.61%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Aspen Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1950, the Aspen Institute has a twofold mission: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. The Aspen Institute does this primarily in four ways: seminars, which help participants reflect on what they think makes a good society, thereby deepening knowledge, broadening perspectives and enhancing their capacity to solve the problems leaders face; young-leader fellowships around the globe, which bring a selected class of proven leaders together; policy programs, which serve as nonpartisan forums for analysis, consensus building, and problem solving; and public conferences and events, which provide a commons for people to share ideas.
`ein` EIN	84-0399006
`tot_exp` Total expenses	136995834.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.18899999999999997
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027000000000000003
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.782
`fscore` Financial score	93.05
`leader` Recorded leader	Walter Isaacson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	846893.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0060999999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue
`name` Charity name	The Aspen Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	129329186.0
`score` Overall score	94.32
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	107130742.18800001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3698887.5180000006
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	25892212.625999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-0399006
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.