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Awana

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ

For nearly 60 years, Awana has been a leader in children's ministry, helping churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ. Based in the Chicago area, Awana is the only organization with fully integrated evangelism and discipleship programs for ages 2-18 that actively involve parents, church leaders and mentors. Each week, more than a million children and youth, 250,000 volunteers and 300-plus field staff take part in Awana in over 18,000 churches in the U.S. and internationally. Awana works with churches from nearly 100 different denominations. Today, more than 12,000 U.S. churches run Awana with programs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in over 6,000 churches in 109 other countries and six continents.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.37Overall score
out of 100

76.07Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,339,122

Total expenses · USD$31,541,865

Program expenses

$25,233,492.00 recorded amount

80.0%

Fundraising expenses

$2,050,221.23 recorded amount

6.5%

Administrative expenses

$4,195,068.04 recorded amount

13.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Valerie Bell
Recorded compensation: $137,817.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Awana
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	For nearly 60 years, Awana has been a leader in children's ministry, helping churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ. Based in the Chicago area, Awana is the only organization with fully integrated evangelism and discipleship programs for ages 2-18 that actively involve parents, church leaders and mentors. Each week, more than a million children and youth, 250,000 volunteers and 300-plus field staff take part in Awana in over 18,000 churches in the U.S. and internationally. Awana works with churches from nearly 100 different denominations. Today, more than 12,000 U.S. churches run Awana with programs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in over 6,000 churches in 109 other countries and six continents.
`ein` EIN	36-2428692
`tot_exp` Total expenses	31541865.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.133
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.065
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8
`fscore` Financial score	76.07
`leader` Recorded leader	Valerie Bell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	137817.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0043
`motto` Tagline	Helping churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ
`name` Charity name	Awana
`tot_rev` Total revenue	30339122.0
`score` Overall score	81.37
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	25233492.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2050221.225
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4195068.045

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2428692
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Activities
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.