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Children's Development Academy

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

The mission

What this organization describes

REACH. TEACH. LOVE.

Affording all children in our community high-quality early education is the CDA mission, accomplished by creating a safe, nurturing place for young children to prepare for school. Focused on children from our community's low-income working families, the CDA provides outstanding full-day early care and learning. Nationally accredited and three-star Quality Rated, our program is tailored to meet our students' needs by emphasizing early literacy, language acquisition, and family stability.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.77Overall score
out of 100

92.98Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,071,752

Total expenses · USD$2,195,664

Program expenses

$1,947,553.97 recorded amount

88.7%

Fundraising expenses

$76,848.24 recorded amount

3.5%

Administrative expenses

$166,870.46 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 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: Donna Smythe
Recorded compensation: $74,700.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Children's Development Academy
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Affording all children in our community high-quality early education is the CDA mission, accomplished by creating a safe, nurturing place for young children to prepare for school. Focused on children from our community's low-income working families, the CDA provides outstanding full-day early care and learning. Nationally accredited and three-star Quality Rated, our program is tailored to meet our students' needs by emphasizing early literacy, language acquisition, and family stability.
`ein` EIN	58-1085443
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2195664.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.076
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.035
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.887
`fscore` Financial score	92.98
`leader` Recorded leader	Donna Smythe
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	74700.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.034
`motto` Tagline	REACH. TEACH. LOVE.
`name` Charity name	Children's Development Academy
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2071752.0
`score` Overall score	90.77
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1947553.968
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	76848.24
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	166870.464

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1085443
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Early Childhood Programs and Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.