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Boys Town

EIN 47-0376606Human Services Nebraska Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Changing the way America cares for children, families and communities

Boys Town is a beacon of hope for America's children and families through its life-changing youth care and health care programs across the United States. Founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917, Boys Town is nearly 100 years strong. Through a continuum of family services, the nonprofit, nonsectarian organization provides the right services at the right time based on a child's or family's needs. Boys Town offers children and families services in their own homes, or, when necessary, family-like out-of-home services to children. Boys Town works with communities and schools in order to meet the growing and more diverse needs of today's children and families. The nonprofit touches the lives of more than 2 million people each year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.45Overall score
out of 100

88.46Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$325,974,149

Total expenses · USD$325,615,341

Program expenses

$263,097,195.53 recorded amount

80.8%

Fundraising expenses

$30,607,842.05 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$31,584,688.08 recorded amount

9.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.34 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: The Rev. Steven E. Boes
Recorded compensation: $115,499.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.03%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Boys Town
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Boys Town is a beacon of hope for America's children and families through its life-changing youth care and health care programs across the United States. Founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917, Boys Town is nearly 100 years strong. Through a continuum of family services, the nonprofit, nonsectarian organization provides the right services at the right time based on a child's or family's needs. Boys Town offers children and families services in their own homes, or, when necessary, family-like out-of-home services to children. Boys Town works with communities and schools in order to meet the growing and more diverse needs of today's children and families. The nonprofit touches the lives of more than 2 million people each year.
`ein` EIN	47-0376606
`tot_exp` Total expenses	325615341.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.34
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8079999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.46
`leader` Recorded leader	The Rev. Steven E. Boes
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	115499.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0003
`motto` Tagline	Changing the way America cares for children, families and communities
`name` Charity name	Boys Town
`tot_rev` Total revenue	325974149.0
`score` Overall score	90.45
`state` State code	NE
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	263097195.52799997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	30607842.054
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	31584688.076999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-0376606
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Nebraska (NE)
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.