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Children's Organ Transplant Association

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The Trusted Leader Supporting Families

Founded in 1986, the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the premier national organization helping alleviate the financial burden of families who have transplant-needy children and young adults. For over 30 years, COTA has worked to ensure that no child or young adult is denied a transplant or excluded from a transplant waiting list due to lack of funds, and is recognized as the trusted leader supporting transplant families. COTA has helped thousands of children and young adults, and has raised more than $110 million for their benefit.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.27Overall score
out of 100

96.15Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,609,915

Total expenses · USD$6,400,704

Program expenses

$5,203,772.35 recorded amount

81.3%

Fundraising expenses

$326,435.90 recorded amount

5.1%

Administrative expenses

$864,095.04 recorded amount

13.5%

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: Richard Lofgren
Recorded compensation: $230,915.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.60%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Children's Organ Transplant Association
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1986, the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the premier national organization helping alleviate the financial burden of families who have transplant-needy children and young adults. For over 30 years, COTA has worked to ensure that no child or young adult is denied a transplant or excluded from a transplant waiting list due to lack of funds, and is recognized as the trusted leader supporting transplant families. COTA has helped thousands of children and young adults, and has raised more than $110 million for their benefit.
`ein` EIN	35-1674365
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6400704.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.135
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.051
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.813
`fscore` Financial score	96.15
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Lofgren
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	230915.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.036000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	The Trusted Leader Supporting Families
`name` Charity name	Children's Organ Transplant Association
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8609915.0
`score` Overall score	97.27
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5203772.352
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	326435.904
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	864095.04

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 35-1674365
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Indiana (IN)
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.