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Best Buddies International

EIN 52-1614576Human Services Florida Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.85Overall score
out of 100

86.81Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$26,628,907

Total expenses · USD$26,289,255

Program expenses

$21,714,924.63 recorded amount

82.6%

Fundraising expenses

$3,259,867.62 recorded amount

12.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,288,173.50 recorded amount

4.9%

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: Anthony Kennedy Shriver
Recorded compensation: $281,249.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.06%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Best Buddies International
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
`ein` EIN	52-1614576
`tot_exp` Total expenses	26289255.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.049
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.124
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.826
`fscore` Financial score	86.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Anthony Kennedy Shriver
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	281249.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0106
`motto` Tagline	Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
`name` Charity name	Best Buddies International
`tot_rev` Total revenue	26628907.0
`score` Overall score	87.85
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	21714924.63
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3259867.62
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1288173.495

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1614576
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.