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Basic Fund

EIN 94-3290699Education California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Giving parents a choice. Giving children a chance.

Our mission is to broaden the educational opportunities for low-income families around the Bay Area by helping them afford the cost of tuition at the private school of their choice. Scholarships are available to students entering K-8th grade to attend private schools in all nine Bay Area Counties.

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$6,717,589

Total expenses · USD$6,260,003

Program expenses

$5,771,722.77 recorded amount

92.2%

Fundraising expenses

$394,380.19 recorded amount

6.3%

Administrative expenses

$81,380.04 recorded amount

1.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Rachel Elginsmith
Recorded compensation: $126,760.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.02%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Basic Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to broaden the educational opportunities for low-income families around the Bay Area by helping them afford the cost of tuition at the private school of their choice. Scholarships are available to students entering K-8th grade to attend private schools in all nine Bay Area Counties.
`ein` EIN	94-3290699
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6260003.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.013000000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.063
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.922
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Rachel Elginsmith
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	126760.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0202
`motto` Tagline	Giving parents a choice. Giving children a chance.
`name` Charity name	Basic Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6717589.0
`score` Overall score	91.36
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5771722.766
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	394380.189
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	81380.039

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3290699
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.