Charity profile · Historical source record

American India Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in India
The American India Foundation is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India, and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development. Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. AIF's programming seeks to achieve gender equity through developing inclusive models that focus on and empower girls and women. Founded in 2001 at the initiative of President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee, AIF has impacted the lives of 4.6 million of India's poor. With offices in New York and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in New Delhi, AIF is transforming lives across 24 states of India while addressing these issues on a regional, country, and international scale.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.04Overall score
out of 100
87.33Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & 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$6,046,393
Total expenses · USD$7,577,120

Program expenses

$5,887,422.24 recorded amount
77.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,106,259.52 recorded amount
14.6%

Administrative expenses

$568,284.00 recorded amount
7.5%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.14 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
Alex Counts
Recorded compensation
$216,719.00
Recorded compensation percentage
2.86%

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 American India Foundation
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
International
description
Mission & description
The American India Foundation is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India, and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development. Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. AIF's programming seeks to achieve gender equity through developing inclusive models that focus on and empower girls and women. Founded in 2001 at the initiative of President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee, AIF has impacted the lives of 4.6 million of India's poor. With offices in New York and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in New Delhi, AIF is transforming lives across 24 states of India while addressing these issues on a regional, country, and international scale.
ein
EIN
13-4159765
tot_exp
Total expenses
7577120.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.075
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.14
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.146
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.777
fscore
Financial score
87.33
leader
Recorded leader
Alex Counts
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
216719.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0286
motto
Tagline
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in India
name
Charity name
American India Foundation
tot_rev
Total revenue
6046393.0
score
Overall score
91.04
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Development and Relief Services
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
5887422.24
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
1106259.52
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
568284.0

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.