Charity profile · Historical source record

Wounded Warrior Project

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The greatest casualty is being forgotten
The mission of Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Our purpose is: to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.02Overall score
out of 100
80.46Financial score
out of 100
97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$226,764,438
Total expenses · USD$231,827,345

Program expenses

$167,842,997.78 recorded amount
72.4%

Fundraising expenses

$51,465,670.59 recorded amount
22.2%

Administrative expenses

$12,286,849.29 recorded amount
5.3%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.22 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Michael S. Linnington
Recorded compensation
$120,441.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.05%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Wounded Warrior Project
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
97.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
The mission of Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Our purpose is: to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.
ein
EIN
20-2370934
tot_exp
Total expenses
231827345.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.053
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.22
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.222
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.7240000000000001
fscore
Financial score
80.46
leader
Recorded leader
Michael S. Linnington
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
120441.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0005
motto
Tagline
The greatest casualty is being forgotten
name
Charity name
Wounded Warrior Project
tot_rev
Total revenue
226764438.0
score
Overall score
86.02
state
State code
FL
subcategory
Subcategory
Social Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
167842997.78000003
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
51465670.59
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
12286849.285

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.