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California Charter Schools Association

EIN 51-0465703Education California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education

Founded in 2003, the vision of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) is to empower parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education so that highly autonomous and accountable schools of choice provide quality learning opportunities for all California students. The Mission of CCSA is to enable their members to increase the number of students attending quality charter schools in California as quickly as possible by securing policy wins supportive of charter schools and providing the supports necessary to open and expand quality charter schools.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.22Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$23,426,909

Total expenses · USD$24,280,771

Program expenses

$20,662,936.12 recorded amount

85.1%

Fundraising expenses

$437,053.88 recorded amount

1.8%

Administrative expenses

$3,156,500.23 recorded amount

13.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Jed Wallace
Recorded compensation: $312,822.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.28%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for California Charter Schools Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2003, the vision of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) is to empower parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education so that highly autonomous and accountable schools of choice provide quality learning opportunities for all California students. The Mission of CCSA is to enable their members to increase the number of students attending quality charter schools in California as quickly as possible by securing policy wins supportive of charter schools and providing the supports necessary to open and expand quality charter schools.
`ein` EIN	51-0465703
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24280771.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.018000000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.851
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Jed Wallace
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	312822.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0128
`motto` Tagline	Empowering parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education
`name` Charity name	California Charter Schools Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	23426909.0
`score` Overall score	88.22
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Education Policy and Reform
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	20662936.121
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	437053.878
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3156500.23

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0465703
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Education Policy and Reform
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.