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First Star

EIN 31-1719436Human Services California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering foster youth through education

First Star improves the lives of foster youth by partnering with child welfare agencies, universities, and school districts to ensure foster youth have the academic, life skills, and adult supports needed to successfully transition to higher education and adulthood. We pursue our mission through innovative college-preparatory programs, providing technical assistance to stakeholders, and advocating for policy change. First Star was founded in 1999 as a national 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect. Since 2011 First Star has pioneered support programs to launch foster children into productive lives and careers through higher education.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.80Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,462,673

Total expenses · USD$1,527,158

Program expenses

$1,317,937.35 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$51,923.37 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$155,770.12 recorded amount

10.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Robin Winston
Recorded compensation: $79,036.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.17%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for First Star
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	First Star improves the lives of foster youth by partnering with child welfare agencies, universities, and school districts to ensure foster youth have the academic, life skills, and adult supports needed to successfully transition to higher education and adulthood. We pursue our mission through innovative college-preparatory programs, providing technical assistance to stakeholders, and advocating for policy change. First Star was founded in 1999 as a national 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect. Since 2011 First Star has pioneered support programs to launch foster children into productive lives and careers through higher education.
`ein` EIN	31-1719436
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1527158.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.102
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Robin Winston
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	79036.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.051699999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Empowering foster youth through education
`name` Charity name	First Star
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1462673.0
`score` Overall score	90.8
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1317937.354
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	51923.372
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	155770.11599999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1719436
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.