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Trinity Broadcasting Network

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Spreading the Gospel to the world

Founded in 1973, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) produces and broadcasts religious television programs and provides low cost broadcasting to other non-affiliated organizations that also spread the Gospel to the world. TBN is now the world's largest Christian television network. Across America and around the world TBN is carried by TV stations and cable systems to millions of homes. TBN is featured on over 5,000 television stations, 33 satellites, the Internet and thousands of cable systems around the world, and the number continues to grow.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

74.37Overall score
out of 100

85.04Financial score
out of 100

67.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$143,465,277

Total expenses · USD$179,085,830

Program expenses

$121,241,106.91 recorded amount

67.7%

Fundraising expenses

$11,282,407.29 recorded amount

6.3%

Administrative expenses

$46,204,144.14 recorded amount

25.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Janice W. Crouch
Recorded compensation: $142,562.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Trinity Broadcasting Network
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	67.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1973, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) produces and broadcasts religious television programs and provides low cost broadcasting to other non-affiliated organizations that also spread the Gospel to the world. TBN is now the world's largest Christian television network. Across America and around the world TBN is carried by TV stations and cable systems to millions of homes. TBN is featured on over 5,000 television stations, 33 satellites, the Internet and thousands of cable systems around the world, and the number continues to grow.
`ein` EIN	95-2844062
`tot_exp` Total expenses	179085830.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.258
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.063
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.677
`fscore` Financial score	85.04
`leader` Recorded leader	Janice W. Crouch
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	142562.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0007000000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Spreading the Gospel to the world
`name` Charity name	Trinity Broadcasting Network
`tot_rev` Total revenue	143465277.0
`score` Overall score	74.37
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	121241106.91000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	11282407.290000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	46204144.14

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-2844062
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.