Charity profile · Historical source record

The Hunger Project

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering women and men to end their own hunger
Founded in 1977, The Hunger Project is a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, The Hunger Project empowers people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for their children. The Hunger Project carries out its mission through three essential activities: mobilizing village clusters at the grassroots level to build self-reliance, empowering women as key change agents, and forging effective partnerships with local government.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.33Overall score
out of 100
83.51Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & 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$18,177,044
Total expenses · USD$16,822,489

Program expenses

$13,424,346.22 recorded amount
79.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,530,846.50 recorded amount
9.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,833,651.30 recorded amount
10.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.09 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
Asa Skogstrom-Feldt
Recorded compensation
$261,481.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.55%

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 The Hunger Project
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
International
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1977, The Hunger Project is a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, The Hunger Project empowers people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for their children. The Hunger Project carries out its mission through three essential activities: mobilizing village clusters at the grassroots level to build self-reliance, empowering women as key change agents, and forging effective partnerships with local government.
ein
EIN
94-2443282
tot_exp
Total expenses
16822489.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.109
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.09
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.091
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.7979999999999999
fscore
Financial score
83.51
leader
Recorded leader
Asa Skogstrom-Feldt
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
261481.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0155
motto
Tagline
Empowering women and men to end their own hunger
name
Charity name
The Hunger Project
tot_rev
Total revenue
18177044.0
score
Overall score
88.33
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Development and Relief Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
13424346.222
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
1530846.499
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
1833651.301

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.