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Children Now

EIN 94-3059243Education California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

On a mission to give kids power

Founded in 1988, Children Now serves as the hub for all of the key children's issues, supporting and connecting thousands of groups in California to create an unprecedented power base for kids. To accomplish this, Children Now employs the top three strategies that all of the country's strongest interest groups have in common and, for the first time, applies those to kids: umbrella coverage, deep inside expertise and outside pressure.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.02Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,790,450

Total expenses · USD$7,605,949

Program expenses

$6,746,476.76 recorded amount

88.7%

Fundraising expenses

$311,843.91 recorded amount

4.1%

Administrative expenses

$532,416.43 recorded amount

7.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Edward Lempert
Recorded compensation: $536,791.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.05%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Children Now
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1988, Children Now serves as the hub for all of the key children's issues, supporting and connecting thousands of groups in California to create an unprecedented power base for kids. To accomplish this, Children Now employs the top three strategies that all of the country's strongest interest groups have in common and, for the first time, applies those to kids: umbrella coverage, deep inside expertise and outside pressure.
`ein` EIN	94-3059243
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7605949.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.040999999999999995
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.887
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Edward Lempert
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	536791.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0705
`motto` Tagline	On a mission to give kids power
`name` Charity name	Children Now
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9790450.0
`score` Overall score	92.02
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Education Policy and Reform
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6746476.763
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	311843.909
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	532416.43

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3059243
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Education Policy and Reform
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.