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The Rutherford Institute

EIN 52-1267484Human and Civil Rights Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to the defense of civil liberties and human rights

Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated. The Rutherford Institute has emerged as one of the nation's leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world. The Institute's mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.64Overall score
out of 100

75.00Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,127,459

Total expenses · USD$1,122,069

Program expenses

$1,028,937.27 recorded amount

91.7%

Fundraising expenses

$32,540.00 recorded amount

2.9%

Administrative expenses

$58,347.59 recorded amount

5.2%

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: John W. Whitehead
Recorded compensation: $214,104.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 19.08%

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All 23 original fields for The Rutherford Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated. The Rutherford Institute has emerged as one of the nation's leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world. The Institute's mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms.
`ein` EIN	52-1267484
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1122069.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.028999999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.917
`fscore` Financial score	75.0
`leader` Recorded leader	John W. Whitehead
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	214104.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.19079999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to the defense of civil liberties and human rights
`name` Charity name	The Rutherford Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1127459.0
`score` Overall score	81.64
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1028937.273
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	32540.000999999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	58347.588

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1267484
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.