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Fair Chance

EIN 74-3091832Human Services District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Every child deserves a fair chance to succeed

Fair Chance strengthens the sustainability and performance of community-based nonprofits to achieve life-changing results for children and youth living in poverty. Our partnership model – up to 350 hours per nonprofit – results in stronger organizations and significant and lasting benefits for the children they serve. We provide our transformative services at no cost because the nonprofits we work with are critical to their communities and could not otherwise afford it. Each year Fair Chance strategically selects promising youth-serving nonprofits through a rigorous vetting process. Once selected, we work with each partner to build a clear strategy, set priorities, and identify how to measure and increase their impact. Through weekly eight-hour coaching sessions, we work with each nonprofit's leadership to develop a detailed work plan that prioritizes objectives and responsibilities within each of the eight core service areas. Every partnership is tailored to the needs of that specific organization.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.50Overall score
out of 100

82.24Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,552,539

Total expenses · USD$1,419,815

Program expenses

$945,596.79 recorded amount

66.6%

Fundraising expenses

$252,727.07 recorded amount

17.8%

Administrative expenses

$220,071.33 recorded amount

15.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Gretchen Van Der Veer
Recorded compensation: $132,938.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.36%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Fair Chance
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Fair Chance strengthens the sustainability and performance of community-based nonprofits to achieve life-changing results for children and youth living in poverty. Our partnership model – up to 350 hours per nonprofit – results in stronger organizations and significant and lasting benefits for the children they serve. We provide our transformative services at no cost because the nonprofits we work with are critical to their communities and could not otherwise afford it. Each year Fair Chance strategically selects promising youth-serving nonprofits through a rigorous vetting process. Once selected, we work with each partner to build a clear strategy, set priorities, and identify how to measure and increase their impact. Through weekly eight-hour coaching sessions, we work with each nonprofit's leadership to develop a detailed work plan that prioritizes objectives and responsibilities within each of the eight core service areas. Every partnership is tailored to the needs of that specific organization.
`ein` EIN	74-3091832
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1419815.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.155
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.17800000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6659999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	82.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Gretchen Van Der Veer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	132938.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.09359999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Every child deserves a fair chance to succeed
`name` Charity name	Fair Chance
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1552539.0
`score` Overall score	86.5
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	945596.7899999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	252727.07000000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	220071.325

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-3091832
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.