Charity profile · Historical source record

America's Promise Alliance

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Devoted to improving the lives for young people
Founded in 1997, America's Promise Alliance is a cross-sector partnership of more than 300 corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and advocacy groups that are passionate about improving lives and changing outcomes for children. We have made a top priority of ensuring that all young people graduate from high school ready for college, work and life. Our work involves raising awareness, encouraging action and engaging in advocacy to provide children the key supports we call the Five Promises: Caring adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, An Effective Education and Opportunities to Help Others.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.10Overall score
out of 100
80.40Financial score
out of 100
89.00Accountability & 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$10,907,268
Total expenses · USD$11,854,378

Program expenses

$9,519,065.53 recorded amount
80.3%

Fundraising expenses

$403,048.85 recorded amount
3.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,908,554.86 recorded amount
16.1%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.04 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
John Gomperts
Recorded compensation
$279,830.00
Recorded compensation percentage
2.36%

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

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All 23 original fields for America's Promise Alliance
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
89.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1997, America's Promise Alliance is a cross-sector partnership of more than 300 corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and advocacy groups that are passionate about improving lives and changing outcomes for children. We have made a top priority of ensuring that all young people graduate from high school ready for college, work and life. Our work involves raising awareness, encouraging action and engaging in advocacy to provide children the key supports we call the Five Promises: Caring adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, An Effective Education and Opportunities to Help Others.
ein
EIN
54-1848713
tot_exp
Total expenses
11854378.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.161
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.04
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.034
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.8029999999999999
fscore
Financial score
80.4
leader
Recorded leader
John Gomperts
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
279830.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0236
motto
Tagline
Devoted to improving the lives for young people
name
Charity name
America's Promise Alliance
tot_rev
Total revenue
10907268.0
score
Overall score
84.1
state
State code
DC
subcategory
Subcategory
Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
9519065.534
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
403048.852
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
1908554.858

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.