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Barnabas Foundation

EIN 36-2904503Community Development Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Growing Generosity

For almost 40 years, Barnabas Foundation has been advancing God's kingdom by providing quality Planned Giving and Estate Planning services, which enable caring Christians to strengthen support for the ministries of our nearly 200 member organizations. We offer Planned Gift development and stewardship education for member organizations and churches and we help Christians make tax-wise decisions about their financial resources.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.36Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$83,271,055

Total expenses · USD$67,443,319

Program expenses

$62,182,740.12 recorded amount

92.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,079,093.10 recorded amount

1.6%

Administrative expenses

$4,114,042.46 recorded amount

6.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: James Bakke
Recorded compensation: $165,456.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.24%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Barnabas Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	For almost 40 years, Barnabas Foundation has been advancing God's kingdom by providing quality Planned Giving and Estate Planning services, which enable caring Christians to strengthen support for the ministries of our nearly 200 member organizations. We offer Planned Gift development and stewardship education for member organizations and churches and we help Christians make tax-wise decisions about their financial resources.
`ein` EIN	36-2904503
`tot_exp` Total expenses	67443319.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.061
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.016
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.922
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	James Bakke
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	165456.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0024
`motto` Tagline	Growing Generosity
`name` Charity name	Barnabas Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	83271055.0
`score` Overall score	91.36
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	62182740.118
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1079093.104
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4114042.459

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2904503
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
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.