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American Youth Foundation

EIN 43-0652614Human Services Missouri Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Youth development and character education, summer camps and environmental education

Founded in 1925, the American Youth Foundation (AYF) inspires people to discover and develop their personal best, to seek balance in mental, physical, social and spiritual living and to make a positive difference in their communities and in the wider world. AYF is a national organization with regional centers in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, Shelby, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri. We own and operate two year round youth development centers. Miniwanca is set on 360 wooded acres and a mile of private Lake Michigan shoreline. It has a residential capacity of almost 1,000. Merrowvista is located on 600 acres in the pristine Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.39Overall score
out of 100

89.24Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,758,114

Total expenses · USD$6,196,477

Program expenses

$5,397,131.47 recorded amount

87.1%

Fundraising expenses

$334,609.76 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$458,539.30 recorded amount

7.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.39 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Anna Kay Vorsteg
Recorded compensation: $128,400.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for American Youth Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1925, the American Youth Foundation (AYF) inspires people to discover and develop their personal best, to seek balance in mental, physical, social and spiritual living and to make a positive difference in their communities and in the wider world. AYF is a national organization with regional centers in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, Shelby, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri. We own and operate two year round youth development centers. Miniwanca is set on 360 wooded acres and a mile of private Lake Michigan shoreline. It has a residential capacity of almost 1,000. Merrowvista is located on 600 acres in the pristine Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire.
`ein` EIN	43-0652614
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6196477.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.39
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.871
`fscore` Financial score	89.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Anna Kay Vorsteg
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	128400.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0207
`motto` Tagline	Youth development and character education, summer camps and environmental education
`name` Charity name	American Youth Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6758114.0
`score` Overall score	92.39
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5397131.467
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	334609.75800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	458539.29800000007

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-0652614
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.