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Army Emergency Relief

EIN 53-0196552Human Services Virginia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping the Army take care of its own

Army Emergency Relief (AER) is the Army's own nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating financial distress on the force. Since 1942, AER has provided nearly $2 billion in assistance to over 3.7 million Soldiers, Retired Soldiers, and their Families. Assistance is provided in the form of zero-interest loans, grants, and education scholarships.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.98Overall score
out of 100

91.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$22,360,065

Total expenses · USD$28,198,705

Program expenses

$24,194,488.89 recorded amount

85.8%

Fundraising expenses

$930,557.27 recorded amount

3.3%

Administrative expenses

$3,045,460.14 recorded amount

10.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Robert F. Foley
Recorded compensation: $234,263.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.83%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Army Emergency Relief
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Army Emergency Relief (AER) is the Army's own nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating financial distress on the force. Since 1942, AER has provided nearly $2 billion in assistance to over 3.7 million Soldiers, Retired Soldiers, and their Families. Assistance is provided in the form of zero-interest loans, grants, and education scholarships.
`ein` EIN	53-0196552
`tot_exp` Total expenses	28198705.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.033
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.858
`fscore` Financial score	91.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert F. Foley
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	234263.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0083
`motto` Tagline	Helping the Army take care of its own
`name` Charity name	Army Emergency Relief
`tot_rev` Total revenue	22360065.0
`score` Overall score	93.98
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	24194488.89
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	930557.265
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3045460.14

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 53-0196552
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.