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Catch-A-Dream Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A program for youth with precious little time to lose

Catch-A-Dream is a national foundation that provides once-in-a-lifetime dream hunting and fishing trips to children across the United States and Canada, age 18 and younger, who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. Through these adventures, and exposure to outdoors-minded people who care, the program instills in these children a message of encouragement at a time when they need to know that hope does indeed exist. Catch-A-Dream's singular purpose is to provide consumptive use outdoor experiences to fill the “gap” created when the Make-A-Wish Foundation established national policy that precludes granting a child a wish that involves hunting or use of “…firearms, hunting bows, or other hunting or sport-shooting equipment.”

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.60Overall score
out of 100

79.38Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,098,802

Total expenses · USD$873,893

Program expenses

$562,787.09 recorded amount

64.4%

Fundraising expenses

$61,172.51 recorded amount

7.0%

Administrative expenses

$248,185.61 recorded amount

28.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Dr Martin Brunson
Recorded compensation: $152,091.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 17.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Catch-A-Dream Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Catch-A-Dream is a national foundation that provides once-in-a-lifetime dream hunting and fishing trips to children across the United States and Canada, age 18 and younger, who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. Through these adventures, and exposure to outdoors-minded people who care, the program instills in these children a message of encouragement at a time when they need to know that hope does indeed exist. Catch-A-Dream's singular purpose is to provide consumptive use outdoor experiences to fill the “gap” created when the Make-A-Wish Foundation established national policy that precludes granting a child a wish that involves hunting or use of “…firearms, hunting bows, or other hunting or sport-shooting equipment.”
`ein` EIN	20-0487728
`tot_exp` Total expenses	873893.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.284
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.644
`fscore` Financial score	79.38
`leader` Recorded leader	Dr Martin Brunson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152091.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.174
`motto` Tagline	A program for youth with precious little time to lose
`name` Charity name	Catch-A-Dream Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1098802.0
`score` Overall score	84.6
`state` State code	MS
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	562787.0920000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	61172.51000000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	248185.61199999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-0487728
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Mississippi (MS)
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.