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Chicago Cares

EIN 36-3777709Community Development Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

People are the Answer. Volunteer.

Chicago Cares creates volunteer experiences that connect people and communities to meet critical needs and build a stronger Chicago.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.59Overall score
out of 100

87.32Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,621,726

Total expenses · USD$3,287,575

Program expenses

$2,774,713.30 recorded amount

84.4%

Fundraising expenses

$249,855.70 recorded amount

7.6%

Administrative expenses

$259,718.42 recorded amount

7.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 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: Jenne Myers
Recorded compensation: $160,509.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.88%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Chicago Cares
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Chicago Cares creates volunteer experiences that connect people and communities to meet critical needs and build a stronger Chicago.
`ein` EIN	36-3777709
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3287575.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.079
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.076
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.32
`leader` Recorded leader	Jenne Myers
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	160509.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.048799999999999996
`motto` Tagline	People are the Answer. Volunteer.
`name` Charity name	Chicago Cares
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3621726.0
`score` Overall score	90.59
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2774713.3000000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	249855.69999999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	259718.425

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3777709
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.