Charity profile · Historical source record

First Book

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Delivering possibilities for children in need
First Book transforms the lives of children in need. Through a sustainable, market-driven model, First Book is creating equal access to quality education - making everything from brand new, high-quality books and educational resources, to sports equipment, winter coats, snacks, and more - affordable to its member network of more than 375,000 educators who exclusively serve kids in need. Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 175 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low income families in more than 30 countries. First Book currently reaches an average of 5 million children every year and supports more than one in four of the estimated 1.3 million classrooms and programs serving children in need. With an additional 1,000 educators joining each week, First Book is the largest and fastest-growing network of educators in the United States exclusively serving kids in need.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.93Overall score
out of 100
84.35Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & 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$107,009,268
Total expenses · USD$106,297,627

Program expenses

$103,321,293.44 recorded amount
97.2%

Fundraising expenses

$850,381.02 recorded amount
0.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,019,654.91 recorded amount
1.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.01 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
Kyle Zimmer
Recorded compensation
$215,399.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.20%

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 First Book
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Education
description
Mission & description
First Book transforms the lives of children in need. Through a sustainable, market-driven model, First Book is creating equal access to quality education - making everything from brand new, high-quality books and educational resources, to sports equipment, winter coats, snacks, and more - affordable to its member network of more than 375,000 educators who exclusively serve kids in need. Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 175 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low income families in more than 30 countries. First Book currently reaches an average of 5 million children every year and supports more than one in four of the estimated 1.3 million classrooms and programs serving children in need. With an additional 1,000 educators joining each week, First Book is the largest and fastest-growing network of educators in the United States exclusively serving kids in need.
ein
EIN
52-1779606
tot_exp
Total expenses
106297627.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.019
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.01
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.008
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.972
fscore
Financial score
84.35
leader
Recorded leader
Kyle Zimmer
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
215399.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.002
motto
Tagline
Delivering possibilities for children in need
name
Charity name
First Book
tot_rev
Total revenue
107009268.0
score
Overall score
88.93
state
State code
DC
subcategory
Subcategory
Youth Education Programs and Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
103321293.44399999
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
850381.0160000001
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
2019654.913

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.