Charity profile · Historical source record

The Nation Institute

EIN 13-6216903Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to a free & independent press

Founded in 1966 as a nonprofit media center, The Nation Institute was established to extend the reach of progressive ideas and strengthen the independent press. Our dynamic range of programs include a bestselling book publishing imprint, Nation Books; our award-winning Investigative Fund, which supports groundbreaking investigative journalism; the widely read and syndicated website TomDispatch; our internship program at The Nation magazine; and Journalism Fellowships that fund up to 20 high-profile reporters every year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.39Overall score
out of 100

99.90Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & 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$4,655,583

Total expenses · USD$3,820,229

Program expenses

$3,121,127.09 recorded amount

81.7%

Fundraising expenses

$248,314.89 recorded amount

6.5%

Administrative expenses

$443,146.56 recorded amount

11.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Taya Kitman
Recorded compensation: $181,126.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.74%

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 Nation Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1966 as a nonprofit media center, The Nation Institute was established to extend the reach of progressive ideas and strengthen the independent press. Our dynamic range of programs include a bestselling book publishing imprint, Nation Books; our award-winning Investigative Fund, which supports groundbreaking investigative journalism; the widely read and syndicated website TomDispatch; our internship program at The Nation magazine; and Journalism Fellowships that fund up to 20 high-profile reporters every year.
`ein` EIN	13-6216903
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3820229.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11599999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.065
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8170000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	99.9
`leader` Recorded leader	Taya Kitman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	181126.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.047400000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to a free & independent press
`name` Charity name	The Nation Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4655583.0
`score` Overall score	89.39
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3121127.0930000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	248314.885
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	443146.56399999995

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.