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Big Oak Ranch

EIN 23-7413017Human Services Alabama Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A Christian home for children needing a chance

Big Oak Ranch is a Christian home for children needing a chance. Because that's what we offer: a chance. To find a normal life. To find God's love. To find that we are all more than our circumstances: we are what we have the strength to become.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.90Overall score
out of 100

98.31Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,638,728

Total expenses · USD$8,513,520

Program expenses

$6,734,194.32 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$655,541.04 recorded amount

7.7%

Administrative expenses

$1,115,271.12 recorded amount

13.1%

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: J. Brodie Croyle
Recorded compensation: $163,982.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.92%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Big Oak Ranch
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Big Oak Ranch is a Christian home for children needing a chance. Because that's what we offer: a chance. To find a normal life. To find God's love. To find that we are all more than our circumstances: we are what we have the strength to become.
`ein` EIN	23-7413017
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8513520.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.131
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.077
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	98.31
`leader` Recorded leader	J. Brodie Croyle
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	163982.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0192
`motto` Tagline	A Christian home for children needing a chance
`name` Charity name	Big Oak Ranch
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11638728.0
`score` Overall score	94.9
`state` State code	AL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6734194.319999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	655541.04
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1115271.12

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7413017
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Alabama (AL)
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.