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American Printing House For The Blind

EIN 61-0444640Human Services Kentucky Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Building independence since 1858

Founded in 1858 in Louisville, Kentucky, the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) promotes independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing specialized materials, products, and services needed for education and life. APH manufactures textbooks and other educational publications for students who are visually impaired. APH also provides publications useful to adults, such as cookbooks and dictionaries. In addition, APH creates recorded books on a contract basis. APH develops and manufactures hundreds of products, tools, and supplies that support students and adults who are visually impaired and increase their independence.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.71Overall score
out of 100

78.38Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$18,489,344

Total expenses · USD$18,252,464

Program expenses

$11,480,799.86 recorded amount

62.9%

Fundraising expenses

$638,836.24 recorded amount

3.5%

Administrative expenses

$6,096,322.98 recorded amount

33.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Craig Meador
Recorded compensation: $202,965.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.11%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for American Printing House For The Blind
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1858 in Louisville, Kentucky, the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) promotes independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing specialized materials, products, and services needed for education and life. APH manufactures textbooks and other educational publications for students who are visually impaired. APH also provides publications useful to adults, such as cookbooks and dictionaries. In addition, APH creates recorded books on a contract basis. APH develops and manufactures hundreds of products, tools, and supplies that support students and adults who are visually impaired and increase their independence.
`ein` EIN	61-0444640
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18252464.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.33399999999999996
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.035
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.629
`fscore` Financial score	78.38
`leader` Recorded leader	Craig Meador
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	202965.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0111
`motto` Tagline	Building independence since 1858
`name` Charity name	American Printing House For The Blind
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18489344.0
`score` Overall score	84.71
`state` State code	KY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11480799.856
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	638836.2400000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	6096322.976

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 61-0444640
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Kentucky (KY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.