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Trinity Broadcasting of Texas

EIN 74-1945661Religion Texas Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Spreading the Gospel to the World

Trinity Broadcasting of Texas produces and broadcasts religious television programs in Texas and provides low cost broadcasting to other non-affiliated organizations that also spread the Gospel to the world. Trinity Broadcasting Network (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.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

66.14Overall score
out of 100

69.61Financial score
out of 100

63.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,384,230

Total expenses · USD$4,212,032

Program expenses

$2,417,706.37 recorded amount

57.4%

Fundraising expenses

$256,933.95 recorded amount

6.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,528,967.62 recorded amount

36.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Matthew W. Crouch
Recorded compensation: $356,644.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Trinity Broadcasting of Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	63.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Trinity Broadcasting of Texas produces and broadcasts religious television programs in Texas and provides low cost broadcasting to other non-affiliated organizations that also spread the Gospel to the world. Trinity Broadcasting Network (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.
`ein` EIN	74-1945661
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4212032.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.363
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.061
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.574
`fscore` Financial score	69.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Matthew W. Crouch
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	356644.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08460000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Spreading the Gospel to the World
`name` Charity name	Trinity Broadcasting of Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3384230.0
`score` Overall score	66.14
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2417706.368
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	256933.952
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1528967.616

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-1945661
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.