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Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition

EIN 43-1570225Human Services Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

For Every Child . . .A Place to Call Home

Founded in 1989, the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition strives to create permanency in foster children's lives by recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families. The Coalition is one of the area's largest recruiters of foster/adoptive homes because of our partnerships with the local media, including KSDK and 13 local newspapers. The Coalition also offers support to parents, including support groups, training, 24-hour crisis intervention, advocacy, newsletters, two resale shops, and the Little Wishes program. The Coalition consists of 38 member agencies, including the area's most-respected public and private agencies. The Coalition's staff is made up of foster/adoptive parents and child welfare professionals with a broad range of expertise.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.25Overall score
out of 100

91.87Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,862,449

Total expenses · USD$3,419,443

Program expenses

$2,831,298.80 recorded amount

82.8%

Fundraising expenses

$465,044.25 recorded amount

13.6%

Administrative expenses

$119,680.51 recorded amount

3.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Melanie Scheetz
Recorded compensation: $74,256.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.17%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1989, the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition strives to create permanency in foster children's lives by recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families. The Coalition is one of the area's largest recruiters of foster/adoptive homes because of our partnerships with the local media, including KSDK and 13 local newspapers. The Coalition also offers support to parents, including support groups, training, 24-hour crisis intervention, advocacy, newsletters, two resale shops, and the Little Wishes program. The Coalition consists of 38 member agencies, including the area's most-respected public and private agencies. The Coalition's staff is made up of foster/adoptive parents and child welfare professionals with a broad range of expertise.
`ein` EIN	43-1570225
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3419443.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.035
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.136
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.828
`fscore` Financial score	91.87
`leader` Recorded leader	Melanie Scheetz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	74256.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0217
`motto` Tagline	For Every Child . . .A Place to Call Home
`name` Charity name	Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3862449.0
`score` Overall score	94.25
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2831298.804
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	465044.248
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	119680.505

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1570225
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
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.