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Connecticut Voices for Children

EIN 06-1435280Human Services Connecticut Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting the well-being of all of Connecticut's young people and their families

Founded in 1995, Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) is a research-based public education and advocacy organization that works statewide to promote the well-being of Connecticut's children, youth and families. CT Voices advances its mission through high quality research and analysis, strategic communications, citizen education, and development of the next generation of advocates. Some of our goals are to reduce child poverty, assure that all Connecticut's students have the academic and technology skills to thrive in the world economy of the 21st century, continue to build a statewide chorus of informed citizen voices, and to nurture the next generation of citizen advocates.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.86Overall score
out of 100

89.14Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,391,614

Total expenses · USD$1,151,496

Program expenses

$944,226.72 recorded amount

82.0%

Fundraising expenses

$66,786.77 recorded amount

5.8%

Administrative expenses

$139,331.02 recorded amount

12.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ellen J. Shemitz
Recorded compensation: $132,584.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.51%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Connecticut Voices for Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1995, Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) is a research-based public education and advocacy organization that works statewide to promote the well-being of Connecticut's children, youth and families. CT Voices advances its mission through high quality research and analysis, strategic communications, citizen education, and development of the next generation of advocates. Some of our goals are to reduce child poverty, assure that all Connecticut's students have the academic and technology skills to thrive in the world economy of the 21st century, continue to build a statewide chorus of informed citizen voices, and to nurture the next generation of citizen advocates.
`ein` EIN	06-1435280
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1151496.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.121
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.82
`fscore` Financial score	89.14
`leader` Recorded leader	Ellen J. Shemitz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	132584.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1151
`motto` Tagline	Promoting the well-being of all of Connecticut's young people and their families
`name` Charity name	Connecticut Voices for Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1391614.0
`score` Overall score	90.86
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	944226.72
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	66786.768
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	139331.016

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 06-1435280
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.