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The National Security Archive

EIN 22-2127884International District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Shedding light on the decision-making process of the United States government

The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute that collects and publishes declassified documents. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States. Archive staff members systematically track U.S. government agencies and federal records repositories for documents that either have never been released before, or that help to shed light on the decision-making process of the U.S. government and provide the historical context underlying those decisions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.61Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,555,059

Total expenses · USD$2,850,713

Program expenses

$2,548,537.42 recorded amount

89.4%

Fundraising expenses

$54,163.55 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$242,310.61 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Thomas S. Blanton
Recorded compensation: $175,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.13%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The National Security Archive
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute that collects and publishes declassified documents. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States. Archive staff members systematically track U.S. government agencies and federal records repositories for documents that either have never been released before, or that help to shed light on the decision-making process of the U.S. government and provide the historical context underlying those decisions.
`ein` EIN	22-2127884
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2850713.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.894
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas S. Blanton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	175000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0613
`motto` Tagline	Shedding light on the decision-making process of the United States government
`name` Charity name	The National Security Archive
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2555059.0
`score` Overall score	92.61
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	International Peace, Security, and Affairs
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2548537.4220000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	54163.547
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	242310.605

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2127884
Source category: International
Source subcategory: International Peace, Security, and Affairs
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.