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Free Spirit Media

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We offer youth the tools & skills to express their voice & vision

Free Spirit Media cultivates diverse youth voices to transform media and society. Free Spirit Media provides education, access, and opportunity in media production to over 700 underserved urban youth every year. Since 2000, Free Spirit Media has offered life-changing experiences to youth across Chicago. FSM is advancing education and digital learning through our innovative program model. Hands-on and project-based media production opportunities with FSM are helping young people develop their authentic voice while actively learning about and addressing community issues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.74Overall score
out of 100

92.50Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$1,919,170

Total expenses · USD$1,828,094

Program expenses

$1,561,192.28 recorded amount

85.4%

Fundraising expenses

$148,075.61 recorded amount

8.1%

Administrative expenses

$116,998.02 recorded amount

6.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: Jeff McCarter
Recorded compensation: $116,884.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.39%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Free Spirit Media
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Free Spirit Media cultivates diverse youth voices to transform media and society. Free Spirit Media provides education, access, and opportunity in media production to over 700 underserved urban youth every year. Since 2000, Free Spirit Media has offered life-changing experiences to youth across Chicago. FSM is advancing education and digital learning through our innovative program model. Hands-on and project-based media production opportunities with FSM are helping young people develop their authentic voice while actively learning about and addressing community issues.
`ein` EIN	36-4456215
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1828094.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.064
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.081
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8540000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	92.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeff McCarter
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	116884.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0639
`motto` Tagline	We offer youth the tools & skills to express their voice & vision
`name` Charity name	Free Spirit Media
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1919170.0
`score` Overall score	92.74
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1561192.276
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	148075.614
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	116998.016

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-4456215
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.