Charity profile · Historical source record

D.A.R.E. America

EIN 95-4242541Health California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Teaching students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives

The D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program was founded in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department, and quickly spread throughout the United States. The overwhelming success and demand for the program led to the creation of D.A.R.E. America. D.A.R.E. is a unique, reliable, and effective system of delivering science- and evidence-based learning to students, in kindergarten through 12th grade, about avoiding substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors, such as bullying and gangs. D.A.R.E. learning is conducted in schools, during class, by seasoned and specially trained law enforcement officers, who have the experience and stature to credibly teach D.A.R.E. curricula. D.A.R.E. is implemented in over 70% of the nation's school districts and in 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is the largest youth drug prevention program in the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

70.66Overall score
out of 100

60.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,600,523

Total expenses · USD$12,067,579

Program expenses

$5,454,545.71 recorded amount

45.2%

Fundraising expenses

$5,768,302.76 recorded amount

47.8%

Administrative expenses

$820,595.37 recorded amount

6.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.59 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: Francisco Pegueros
Recorded compensation: $257,577.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.13%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for D.A.R.E. America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program was founded in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department, and quickly spread throughout the United States. The overwhelming success and demand for the program led to the creation of D.A.R.E. America. D.A.R.E. is a unique, reliable, and effective system of delivering science- and evidence-based learning to students, in kindergarten through 12th grade, about avoiding substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors, such as bullying and gangs. D.A.R.E. learning is conducted in schools, during class, by seasoned and specially trained law enforcement officers, who have the experience and stature to credibly teach D.A.R.E. curricula. D.A.R.E. is implemented in over 70% of the nation's school districts and in 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is the largest youth drug prevention program in the world.
`ein` EIN	95-4242541
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12067579.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.068
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.59
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.478
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.452
`fscore` Financial score	60.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Francisco Pegueros
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	257577.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0213
`motto` Tagline	Teaching students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives
`name` Charity name	D.A.R.E. America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12600523.0
`score` Overall score	70.66
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Treatment and Prevention Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5454545.708000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	5768302.762
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	820595.3720000001

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.