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Blue Star Families

EIN 80-0369895Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We know military families, we are military families

Blue Star Families (BSF) strengthens military families every day. Through career development, caregiving, and our leading research on military family life, we're striving to better understand and provide solutions to the challenges facing today's military families. In April of 2009, a group of military spouses got together in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of military families. They knew the issues surrounding military families and saw a need for a platform where military family members could join forces with the general public and their communities to address the challenges of military life. Since then, BSF has grown from a few military spouses around a kitchen table to more than 150,000 members and over 35 communities and chapters around the globe. Our programs and services reach more than 1.5 million military family members every year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.13Overall score
out of 100

94.40Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,537,430

Total expenses · USD$4,060,299

Program expenses

$3,365,987.87 recorded amount

82.9%

Fundraising expenses

$316,703.32 recorded amount

7.8%

Administrative expenses

$373,547.51 recorded amount

9.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kathy Roth-Douquet
Recorded compensation: $178,750.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Blue Star Families
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Blue Star Families (BSF) strengthens military families every day. Through career development, caregiving, and our leading research on military family life, we're striving to better understand and provide solutions to the challenges facing today's military families. In April of 2009, a group of military spouses got together in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of military families. They knew the issues surrounding military families and saw a need for a platform where military family members could join forces with the general public and their communities to address the challenges of military life. Since then, BSF has grown from a few military spouses around a kitchen table to more than 150,000 members and over 35 communities and chapters around the globe. Our programs and services reach more than 1.5 million military family members every year.
`ein` EIN	80-0369895
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4060299.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.092
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.078
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8290000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	94.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Kathy Roth-Douquet
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	178750.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.044000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	We know military families, we are military families
`name` Charity name	Blue Star Families
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4537430.0
`score` Overall score	95.13
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3365987.8710000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	316703.322
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	373547.508

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 80-0369895
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
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.