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CEDARS

EIN 47-6024881Human Services Nebraska Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping kids in crisis. Building strong families.

It is the mission of CEDARS to help children who have been abused, neglected, and homeless achieve safety, stability, and enduring family relationships. Helping children who face seemingly insurmountable odds has been the important work of CEDARS since being founded in 1947 by the Reverend Charles and Alberta Danner. CEDARS continues that vision today to create a place where children can "experience a real childhood and begin planning for the future." That simple act of kindness more than 60 years ago has resulted in thousands of children building new family lives. The Danners' passion still lives on through our work today as we give hope to youth in need and direction to families struggling to stay together.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.72Overall score
out of 100

93.96Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,999,681

Total expenses · USD$12,918,567

Program expenses

$11,510,443.20 recorded amount

89.1%

Fundraising expenses

$387,557.01 recorded amount

3.0%

Administrative expenses

$1,007,648.23 recorded amount

7.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: James Blue
Recorded compensation: $170,931.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.32%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for CEDARS
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	It is the mission of CEDARS to help children who have been abused, neglected, and homeless achieve safety, stability, and enduring family relationships. Helping children who face seemingly insurmountable odds has been the important work of CEDARS since being founded in 1947 by the Reverend Charles and Alberta Danner. CEDARS continues that vision today to create a place where children can "experience a real childhood and begin planning for the future." That simple act of kindness more than 60 years ago has resulted in thousands of children building new family lives. The Danners' passion still lives on through our work today as we give hope to youth in need and direction to families struggling to stay together.
`ein` EIN	47-6024881
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12918567.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.078
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.03
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.96
`leader` Recorded leader	James Blue
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	170931.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0132
`motto` Tagline	Helping kids in crisis. Building strong families.
`name` Charity name	CEDARS
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12999681.0
`score` Overall score	95.72
`state` State code	NE
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	11510443.196999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	387557.01
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1007648.226

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-6024881
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: Nebraska (NE)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.