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buildOn

EIN 22-3128648International Connecticut Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.

At home or abroad, buildOn's mission is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. Across the U.S., buildOn empowers urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive community service and to change the world by building schools in some of the economically poorest countries in the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.73Overall score
out of 100

92.10Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,513,436

Total expenses · USD$15,454,830

Program expenses

$12,920,237.88 recorded amount

83.6%

Fundraising expenses

$1,684,576.47 recorded amount

10.9%

Administrative expenses

$819,105.99 recorded amount

5.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Jim Ziolkowski
Recorded compensation: $247,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.60%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for buildOn
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	At home or abroad, buildOn's mission is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. Across the U.S., buildOn empowers urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive community service and to change the world by building schools in some of the economically poorest countries in the world.
`ein` EIN	22-3128648
`tot_exp` Total expenses	15454830.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.053
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.109
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.836
`fscore` Financial score	92.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Jim Ziolkowski
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	247500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.016
`motto` Tagline	Breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.
`name` Charity name	buildOn
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16513436.0
`score` Overall score	93.73
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	12920237.879999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1684576.47
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	819105.99

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-3128648
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.