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Bright Beginnings

EIN 52-1697917Human Services District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Sunny starts. Bright futures. Where homeless children grow.

Bright Beginnings was established in 1991 and is today a nationally-accredited child and family development center that offers a bright start for homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers and their families. Bright Beginnings serves about 186 children annually whose families are living in crisis shelters or transitional housing. Their educational, therapeutic, health and family support services prepares these children for kindergarten and stabilizes their families so ultimately they can make the transition out of homelessness. Bright Beginnings' vision is that their leadership and programming will restore and revitalize the quality of life for every homeless child and family in Washington, DC.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.80Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,420,803

Total expenses · USD$5,112,933

Program expenses

$4,545,397.44 recorded amount

88.9%

Fundraising expenses

$281,211.32 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$281,211.32 recorded amount

5.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Marla Dean
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Bright Beginnings
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Bright Beginnings was established in 1991 and is today a nationally-accredited child and family development center that offers a bright start for homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers and their families. Bright Beginnings serves about 186 children annually whose families are living in crisis shelters or transitional housing. Their educational, therapeutic, health and family support services prepares these children for kindergarten and stabilizes their families so ultimately they can make the transition out of homelessness. Bright Beginnings' vision is that their leadership and programming will restore and revitalize the quality of life for every homeless child and family in Washington, DC.
`ein` EIN	52-1697917
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5112933.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.055
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.889
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Marla Dean
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Sunny starts. Bright futures. Where homeless children grow.
`name` Charity name	Bright Beginnings
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5420803.0
`score` Overall score	90.8
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4545397.437
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	281211.315
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	281211.315

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1697917
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.