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Council for Children's Rights

EIN 56-1325184Human Services North Carolina Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Charlotte-Mecklenburg's leading voice for children

Council for Children's Rights is a legal advocacy program for children in the Southeast which stands up for every child's right to be safe, healthy, and educated. In 2006, the Council for Children and the Children's Law Center united to create Council for Children's Rights. As the state's leading expert on children's issues, we provide holistic representation for children in Mecklenburg County to ensure their long-term success and well-being. Our team of 30, highly-skilled advocates, attorneys and social workers provide legal representation, advocacy, systems reform, public policy, and research and planning for the most at-risk populations in the community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.60Overall score
out of 100

74.94Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,490,411

Total expenses · USD$2,443,075

Program expenses

$2,071,727.60 recorded amount

84.8%

Fundraising expenses

$263,852.10 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$105,052.22 recorded amount

4.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Robert Simmons
Recorded compensation: $144,385.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.90%

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All 23 original fields for Council for Children's Rights
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Council for Children's Rights is a legal advocacy program for children in the Southeast which stands up for every child's right to be safe, healthy, and educated. In 2006, the Council for Children and the Children's Law Center united to create Council for Children's Rights. As the state's leading expert on children's issues, we provide holistic representation for children in Mecklenburg County to ensure their long-term success and well-being. Our team of 30, highly-skilled advocates, attorneys and social workers provide legal representation, advocacy, systems reform, public policy, and research and planning for the most at-risk populations in the community.
`ein` EIN	56-1325184
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2443075.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.043
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.848
`fscore` Financial score	74.94
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert Simmons
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	144385.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.059000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Charlotte-Mecklenburg's leading voice for children
`name` Charity name	Council for Children's Rights
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2490411.0
`score` Overall score	81.6
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2071727.5999999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	263852.10000000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	105052.22499999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-1325184
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.