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Cradles to Crayons

EIN 04-3584367Human Services Massachusetts Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

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Founded in 2002, Cradles to Crayons (C2C) is an innovative non-profit that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.46Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,194,091

Total expenses · USD$15,682,610

Program expenses

$13,816,379.41 recorded amount

88.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,144,830.53 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$705,717.45 recorded amount

4.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Lynn Margherio
Recorded compensation: $175,862.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.12%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cradles to Crayons
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2002, Cradles to Crayons (C2C) is an innovative non-profit that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.
`ein` EIN	04-3584367
`tot_exp` Total expenses	15682610.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.045
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8809999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Lynn Margherio
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	175862.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011200000000000002
`motto` Tagline	The Giving Factory
`name` Charity name	Cradles to Crayons
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16194091.0
`score` Overall score	96.46
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13816379.409999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1144830.53
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	705717.45

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-3584367
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.