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Center for Education Reform

EIN 52-1847187Education District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Making schools work better for all children

Founded in 1993, The Center for Education Reform (CER) drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children by leading parents, policymakers and the media in boldly advocating for school choice, advancing the charter school movement, and challenging the education establishment. Through its storehouse of data and unique insights into American communities, CER uses information to turn parents into activists, policymakers into advocates, and educators into reform leaders. The Center for Education Reform changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.69Overall score
out of 100

88.40Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,164,299

Total expenses · USD$2,366,966

Program expenses

$1,879,371.00 recorded amount

79.4%

Fundraising expenses

$243,797.50 recorded amount

10.3%

Administrative expenses

$241,430.53 recorded amount

10.2%

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: Jeanne Allen
Recorded compensation: $249,996.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Education Reform
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1993, The Center for Education Reform (CER) drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children by leading parents, policymakers and the media in boldly advocating for school choice, advancing the charter school movement, and challenging the education establishment. Through its storehouse of data and unique insights into American communities, CER uses information to turn parents into activists, policymakers into advocates, and educators into reform leaders. The Center for Education Reform changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish.
`ein` EIN	52-1847187
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2366966.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.102
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.794
`fscore` Financial score	88.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeanne Allen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	249996.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1056
`motto` Tagline	Making schools work better for all children
`name` Charity name	Center for Education Reform
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1164299.0
`score` Overall score	88.69
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Education Policy and Reform
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1879371.0040000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	243797.49800000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	241430.53199999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1847187
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Education Policy and Reform
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.