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The Equal Rights Center

EIN 52-1297949Human and Civil Rights District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing civil rights

The Equal Rights Center (ERC) is a national non-profit civil-rights organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunity in housing, employment, and access to public accommodations and government services through education, research, testing, advocacy, and enforcement. The ERC works with all populations, and has dedicated programs and activities in immigrant rights, disability rights, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. Today, the ERC stands as one of the few organizations in the United States that engages in comprehensive civil-rights investigation and advocacy for all protected classes under both federal and local law. The ERC helps thousands of individuals each year through civil rights testing and investigations, advocacy, and education and outreach activities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

77.75Overall score
out of 100

69.57Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,195,645

Total expenses · USD$1,268,339

Program expenses

$837,103.74 recorded amount

66.0%

Fundraising expenses

$50,733.56 recorded amount

4.0%

Administrative expenses

$377,965.02 recorded amount

29.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Melvina C. Ford
Recorded compensation: $148,457.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.70%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Equal Rights Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Equal Rights Center (ERC) is a national non-profit civil-rights organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunity in housing, employment, and access to public accommodations and government services through education, research, testing, advocacy, and enforcement. The ERC works with all populations, and has dedicated programs and activities in immigrant rights, disability rights, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. Today, the ERC stands as one of the few organizations in the United States that engages in comprehensive civil-rights investigation and advocacy for all protected classes under both federal and local law. The ERC helps thousands of individuals each year through civil rights testing and investigations, advocacy, and education and outreach activities.
`ein` EIN	52-1297949
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1268339.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.298
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.04
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.66
`fscore` Financial score	69.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Melvina C. Ford
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	148457.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.11699999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Advancing civil rights
`name` Charity name	The Equal Rights Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1195645.0
`score` Overall score	77.75
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	837103.74
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	50733.56
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	377965.022

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1297949
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.