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Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Enriching the lives of students and the community

Founded in 1992, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) offers exceptional music training and choral performances to enrich the lives of its students and community. Through music study and professional-level performing experiences, BYCA unites children of diverse backgrounds and helps them develop into confident and expressive musicians and individuals. BYCA strives to advance the artistic role of youth choruses through innovative concert programming, collaborations, and the commissioning of new choral repertoire. BYCA currently serves more than 450 students in its own building at Cobble Hill and at its Bedford-Stuyvesant Music Annex.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.77Overall score
out of 100

90.61Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,296,532

Total expenses · USD$2,640,431

Program expenses

$2,070,097.90 recorded amount

78.4%

Fundraising expenses

$324,773.01 recorded amount

12.3%

Administrative expenses

$242,919.65 recorded amount

9.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: Elise Bernhardt
Recorded compensation: $132,526.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.01%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1992, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) offers exceptional music training and choral performances to enrich the lives of its students and community. Through music study and professional-level performing experiences, BYCA unites children of diverse backgrounds and helps them develop into confident and expressive musicians and individuals. BYCA strives to advance the artistic role of youth choruses through innovative concert programming, collaborations, and the commissioning of new choral repertoire. BYCA currently serves more than 450 students in its own building at Cobble Hill and at its Bedford-Stuyvesant Music Annex.
`ein` EIN	11-3129249
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2640431.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.092
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.784
`fscore` Financial score	90.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Elise Bernhardt
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	132526.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0501
`motto` Tagline	Enriching the lives of students and the community
`name` Charity name	Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3296532.0
`score` Overall score	89.77
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2070097.904
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	324773.01300000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	242919.652

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 11-3129249
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.