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Carson Scholars Fund

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discovering Promise... Rewarding Excellence

The Carson Scholars Fund supports two main initiatives: The Carson Scholars Program and The Ben Carson Reading Project. Our scholarship program awards students who have embraced high levels of academic excellence and community service with $1,000 college scholarships. The Ben Carson Reading Project provides funding to schools to build and maintain Ben Carson Reading Rooms – warm, inviting rooms where children can discover the joy of independent leisure reading.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.00Overall score
out of 100

86.45Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,692,609

Total expenses · USD$1,967,187

Program expenses

$1,807,844.85 recorded amount

91.9%

Fundraising expenses

$59,015.61 recorded amount

3.0%

Administrative expenses

$96,392.16 recorded amount

4.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Amy Warner
Recorded compensation: $175,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Carson Scholars Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Carson Scholars Fund supports two main initiatives: The Carson Scholars Program and The Ben Carson Reading Project. Our scholarship program awards students who have embraced high levels of academic excellence and community service with $1,000 college scholarships. The Ben Carson Reading Project provides funding to schools to build and maintain Ben Carson Reading Rooms – warm, inviting rooms where children can discover the joy of independent leisure reading.
`ein` EIN	52-1851346
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1967187.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.049
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.03
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.919
`fscore` Financial score	86.45
`leader` Recorded leader	Amy Warner
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	175000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0889
`motto` Tagline	Discovering Promise... Rewarding Excellence
`name` Charity name	Carson Scholars Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5692609.0
`score` Overall score	90.0
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1807844.8530000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	59015.61
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	96392.163

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1851346
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
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.