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Children's Literacy Initiative

EIN 23-2515768Education Pennsylvania Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping teachers deliver effective literacy instruction

Children's Literacy Initiative works with educators to transform instruction so that children can become powerful readers, writers and thinkers. CLI envisions a nation where every child has the power of literacy and the opportunity for a lifetime of success.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.16Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$24,711,281

Total expenses · USD$25,103,055

Program expenses

$21,563,524.25 recorded amount

85.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,481,080.25 recorded amount

5.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,033,347.46 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joel Zarrow
Recorded compensation: $253,300.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Children's Literacy Initiative
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Children's Literacy Initiative works with educators to transform instruction so that children can become powerful readers, writers and thinkers. CLI envisions a nation where every child has the power of literacy and the opportunity for a lifetime of success.
`ein` EIN	23-2515768
`tot_exp` Total expenses	25103055.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.059000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8590000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Joel Zarrow
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	253300.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.01
`motto` Tagline	Helping teachers deliver effective literacy instruction
`name` Charity name	Children's Literacy Initiative
`tot_rev` Total revenue	24711281.0
`score` Overall score	91.16
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	21563524.245
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1481080.245
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2033347.455

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-2515768
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Early Childhood Programs and Services
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.