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Ferst Readers

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A child's path to a brighter future is paved with books.

Ferst Readers' mission is to strengthen communities by providing quality books and literacy resources for children and their families to use at home during the earliest stages of development. Ferst Readers addresses the growing concern of children from low-income communities entering kindergarten without basic literacy skills and school readiness, a preventable problem with far-reaching impacts. The recipe for early school success is simple: start school with strong language and literacy skills. Ferst Readers' recipe for encouraging literacy development is even simpler: ensure that children have age-appropriate books in their home and provide parents with literacy resources that reinforce the importance of early learning and encourage them to read frequently with their children. By mailing a new book every month to enrolled children, birth to five, Ferst Readers is committed to providing early learning opportunities with the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

99.79Overall score
out of 100

99.71Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,590,279

Total expenses · USD$1,273,230

Program expenses

$1,176,464.52 recorded amount

92.4%

Fundraising expenses

$24,191.37 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$70,027.65 recorded amount

5.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Elizabeth Wagenhauser
Recorded compensation: $60,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.71%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Ferst Readers
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Ferst Readers' mission is to strengthen communities by providing quality books and literacy resources for children and their families to use at home during the earliest stages of development. Ferst Readers addresses the growing concern of children from low-income communities entering kindergarten without basic literacy skills and school readiness, a preventable problem with far-reaching impacts. The recipe for early school success is simple: start school with strong language and literacy skills. Ferst Readers' recipe for encouraging literacy development is even simpler: ensure that children have age-appropriate books in their home and provide parents with literacy resources that reinforce the importance of early learning and encourage them to read frequently with their children. By mailing a new book every month to enrolled children, birth to five, Ferst Readers is committed to providing early learning opportunities with the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy.
`ein` EIN	58-2489181
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1273230.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.055
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.924
`fscore` Financial score	99.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Elizabeth Wagenhauser
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	60000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0471
`motto` Tagline	A child's path to a brighter future is paved with books.
`name` Charity name	Ferst Readers
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1590279.0
`score` Overall score	99.79
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1176464.52
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	24191.37
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	70027.65

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-2489181
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Early Childhood Programs and Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.