Charity profile · Historical source record

BUILD (Businesses United in Investing, Lending & Development)

EIN 94-3386695Education California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

In Business to Learn

BUILD (Businesses United in Investing, Lending & Development) is a national nonprofit that uses entrepreneurship education as the motivator to get low income students interested in applying to and attending a four-year college.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.94Overall score
out of 100

76.22Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,560,702

Total expenses · USD$13,514,301

Program expenses

$9,703,268.12 recorded amount

71.8%

Fundraising expenses

$2,027,145.15 recorded amount

15.0%

Administrative expenses

$1,756,859.13 recorded amount

13.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 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: Suzanne M. Klahr
Recorded compensation: $274,615.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.03%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for BUILD (Businesses United in Investing, Lending & Development)
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	BUILD (Businesses United in Investing, Lending & Development) is a national nonprofit that uses entrepreneurship education as the motivator to get low income students interested in applying to and attending a four-year college.
`ein` EIN	94-3386695
`tot_exp` Total expenses	13514301.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.15
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.718
`fscore` Financial score	76.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Suzanne M. Klahr
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	274615.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0203
`motto` Tagline	In Business to Learn
`name` Charity name	BUILD (Businesses United in Investing, Lending & Development)
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10560702.0
`score` Overall score	82.94
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	9703268.117999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2027145.15
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1756859.1300000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3386695
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.