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Business Volunteers Unlimited

EIN 34-1724581Community Development Ohio Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Engage businesses. Strengthen nonprofits. Promote volunteerism.

BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence is a national model organization that strengthens nonprofits by involving thousands of volunteers from the community; engaging hundreds of business executives and professionals on nonprofit boards of directors; and providing leading-edge board and management consulting and training services for nonprofits. The Akron-based Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) and Cleveland-based Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) merged in September 2011, and have offices in both downtown Akron and Cleveland. The organization, led by Brian Broadbent, President & CEO, offers services to businesses and nonprofits throughout the region and provide one-stop shopping for volunteer referral, consulting and training.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.70Overall score
out of 100

88.67Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,096,943

Total expenses · USD$2,178,270

Program expenses

$1,982,225.70 recorded amount

91.0%

Fundraising expenses

$54,456.75 recorded amount

2.5%

Administrative expenses

$137,231.01 recorded amount

6.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 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: Brian Broadbent
Recorded compensation: $230,189.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Business Volunteers Unlimited
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence is a national model organization that strengthens nonprofits by involving thousands of volunteers from the community; engaging hundreds of business executives and professionals on nonprofit boards of directors; and providing leading-edge board and management consulting and training services for nonprofits. The Akron-based Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) and Cleveland-based Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) merged in September 2011, and have offices in both downtown Akron and Cleveland. The organization, led by Brian Broadbent, President & CEO, offers services to businesses and nonprofits throughout the region and provide one-stop shopping for volunteer referral, consulting and training.
`ein` EIN	34-1724581
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2178270.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.063
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.025
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.91
`fscore` Financial score	88.67
`leader` Recorded leader	Brian Broadbent
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	230189.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1056
`motto` Tagline	Engage businesses. Strengthen nonprofits. Promote volunteerism.
`name` Charity name	Business Volunteers Unlimited
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2096943.0
`score` Overall score	86.7
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1982225.7
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	54456.75
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	137231.01

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 34-1724581
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
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.