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Tobin Project

EIN 20-3105790Research and Public Policy Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transformative research in the social sciences

The Tobin Project is a catalyst for transformative research in the social sciences. The mission of the Tobin Project is to mobilize, motivate, and support a community of scholars across the social sciences and allied fields seeking to deepen our understanding of significant challenges facing the nation over the long term. Toward this end, the Tobin Project aims to identify and pursue questions that, if addressed with rigorous scholarly research, could have the greatest potential to benefit society and to unlock doors within the academy to new and vital lines of inquiry. Though universities play a vital role in facilitating rigorous academic research, growing evidence suggests that external catalysts are needed to drive interdisciplinary research on the most pressing real-world problems. The Tobin Project is pioneering exactly this role.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.79Overall score
out of 100

90.66Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$569,254

Total expenses · USD$1,222,784

Program expenses

$989,232.26 recorded amount

80.9%

Fundraising expenses

$44,020.22 recorded amount

3.6%

Administrative expenses

$188,308.74 recorded amount

15.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Alexander Berlin
Recorded compensation: $142,911.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.68%

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All 23 original fields for Tobin Project
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Tobin Project is a catalyst for transformative research in the social sciences. The mission of the Tobin Project is to mobilize, motivate, and support a community of scholars across the social sciences and allied fields seeking to deepen our understanding of significant challenges facing the nation over the long term. Toward this end, the Tobin Project aims to identify and pursue questions that, if addressed with rigorous scholarly research, could have the greatest potential to benefit society and to unlock doors within the academy to new and vital lines of inquiry. Though universities play a vital role in facilitating rigorous academic research, growing evidence suggests that external catalysts are needed to drive interdisciplinary research on the most pressing real-world problems. The Tobin Project is pioneering exactly this role.
`ein` EIN	20-3105790
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1222784.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.154
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.036000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.809
`fscore` Financial score	90.66
`leader` Recorded leader	Alexander Berlin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	142911.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1168
`motto` Tagline	Transformative research in the social sciences
`name` Charity name	Tobin Project
`tot_rev` Total revenue	569254.0
`score` Overall score	89.79
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	989232.256
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	44020.224
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	188308.736

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-3105790
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.