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Violence Policy Center

EIN 52-1571442Human and Civil Rights District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Research, investigation, analysis, and advocacy for a safer America

The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is a national educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury. The VPC approaches gun violence as a public health issue, advocating that firearms be subject to health and safety standards like those that apply to all other consumer products. As the most aggressive group in the gun control movement, the VPC has a record of policy successes on the federal, state, and local levels. Each year, the VPC releases hard-hitting, fact-based studies on a full range of gun violence issues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.04Overall score
out of 100

88.75Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,090,038

Total expenses · USD$794,598

Program expenses

$698,451.64 recorded amount

87.9%

Fundraising expenses

$21,454.15 recorded amount

2.7%

Administrative expenses

$73,103.02 recorded amount

9.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Josh Sugarmann
Recorded compensation: $149,559.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 18.82%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Violence Policy Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is a national educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury. The VPC approaches gun violence as a public health issue, advocating that firearms be subject to health and safety standards like those that apply to all other consumer products. As the most aggressive group in the gun control movement, the VPC has a record of policy successes on the federal, state, and local levels. Each year, the VPC releases hard-hitting, fact-based studies on a full range of gun violence issues.
`ein` EIN	52-1571442
`tot_exp` Total expenses	794598.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.092
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027000000000000003
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.879
`fscore` Financial score	88.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Josh Sugarmann
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	149559.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1882
`motto` Tagline	Research, investigation, analysis, and advocacy for a safer America
`name` Charity name	Violence Policy Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1090038.0
`score` Overall score	92.04
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	698451.642
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	21454.146000000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	73103.016

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1571442
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
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.