Charity profile · Historical source record

Children of Promise

EIN 36-4490602International Indiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Sponsor a child. Change a life.

Children of Promise exists to provide assistance in the development of the spiritual, physical, educational, emotional, and social lives of children touched by ministries of the Church of God. As the child sponsorship ministry of the Church of God, Children of Promise partners with Church of God congregations in 27 countries across the globe to provide food, schooling, health care, and spiritual nurture to children in need. Begun in 1992, the ministry now reaches children in poor, isolated villages as well as those in teeming, urban slums. Wherever children need help, Children of Promise wants to be there.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.56Overall score
out of 100

84.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,043,035

Total expenses · USD$2,001,188

Program expenses

$1,586,942.08 recorded amount

79.3%

Fundraising expenses

$114,067.72 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$298,177.01 recorded amount

14.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Paul L. Maxfield
Recorded compensation: $93,891.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.69%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Children of Promise
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Children of Promise exists to provide assistance in the development of the spiritual, physical, educational, emotional, and social lives of children touched by ministries of the Church of God. As the child sponsorship ministry of the Church of God, Children of Promise partners with Church of God congregations in 27 countries across the globe to provide food, schooling, health care, and spiritual nurture to children in need. Begun in 1992, the ministry now reaches children in poor, isolated villages as well as those in teeming, urban slums. Wherever children need help, Children of Promise wants to be there.
`ein` EIN	36-4490602
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2001188.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.149
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7929999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	84.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul L. Maxfield
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	93891.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.046900000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Sponsor a child. Change a life.
`name` Charity name	Children of Promise
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2043035.0
`score` Overall score	86.56
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1586942.0839999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	114067.716
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	298177.012

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-4490602
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Indiana (IN)
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.