Charity profile · Historical source record

Association to Benefit Children

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Bringing joy and warmth to disadvantaged children and their families
Association to Benefit Children (ABC) is dedicated to bringing joy and warmth to disadvantaged children and their families through compassionate, sustainable, comprehensive and integrated services, designed to permanently break the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness and homelessness. ABC's humane and innovative programs include early educational advocacy, housing assistance, mental health services, family support and preservation, crisis intervention, therapeutic out-of-school and summer day camp programs, youth leadership development and mentoring.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.61Overall score
out of 100
95.21Financial 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$18,838,253
Total expenses · USD$18,345,443

Program expenses

$15,722,044.65 recorded amount
85.7%

Fundraising expenses

$348,563.42 recorded amount
1.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,256,489.49 recorded amount
12.3%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.02 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
Gretchen Buchenholz
Recorded compensation
$142,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.77%

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 Association to Benefit Children
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Association to Benefit Children (ABC) is dedicated to bringing joy and warmth to disadvantaged children and their families through compassionate, sustainable, comprehensive and integrated services, designed to permanently break the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness and homelessness. ABC's humane and innovative programs include early educational advocacy, housing assistance, mental health services, family support and preservation, crisis intervention, therapeutic out-of-school and summer day camp programs, youth leadership development and mentoring.
ein
EIN
13-3303089
tot_exp
Total expenses
18345443.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.12300000000000001
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.02
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.019
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.857
fscore
Financial score
95.21
leader
Recorded leader
Gretchen Buchenholz
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
142000.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0077
motto
Tagline
Bringing joy and warmth to disadvantaged children and their families
name
Charity name
Association to Benefit Children
tot_rev
Total revenue
18838253.0
score
Overall score
96.61
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Children's and Family Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
15722044.651
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
348563.417
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
2256489.489

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.