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Child Evangelism Fellowship

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Reaching children worldwide

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the local church for Christian living. Founded by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer in 1937, CEF has over 1,800 missionaries overseas, approximately 1,600 of whom are nationals. In the USA and Canada, 700 full-time workers and an estimated 40,000 volunteers serve the ministry.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.62Overall score
out of 100

75.75Financial 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$16,862,673

Total expenses · USD$16,705,310

Program expenses

$13,531,301.10 recorded amount

81.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,854,289.41 recorded amount

11.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,303,014.18 recorded amount

7.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: Reese R. Kauffman
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Child Evangelism Fellowship
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the local church for Christian living. Founded by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer in 1937, CEF has over 1,800 missionaries overseas, approximately 1,600 of whom are nationals. In the USA and Canada, 700 full-time workers and an estimated 40,000 volunteers serve the ministry.
`ein` EIN	38-6091187
`tot_exp` Total expenses	16705310.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.078
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.111
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.81
`fscore` Financial score	75.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Reese R. Kauffman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Reaching children worldwide
`name` Charity name	Child Evangelism Fellowship
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16862673.0
`score` Overall score	82.62
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13531301.100000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1854289.41
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1303014.18

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.