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Friends of the Children, Portland

EIN 93-1098105Human Services Oregon Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming the lives of Portland's most vulnerable children

Founded in 1993, Friends of the Children, Portland provides Portland's most at-risk children with intensive and long-term mentors. We take a preventive, early intervention approach that breaks the cycle of poverty and abuse by helping children in need overcome the many obstacles in their lives. We make a twelve and a half year commitment to each child, selecting them in kindergarten and guiding them through high school graduation. Friends of the Children, Portland has 42 Friends guiding, supporting and mentoring more than 350 children.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.27Overall score
out of 100

86.55Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,113,526

Total expenses · USD$5,841,318

Program expenses

$4,614,641.22 recorded amount

79.0%

Fundraising expenses

$695,116.84 recorded amount

11.9%

Administrative expenses

$525,718.62 recorded amount

9.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Megan Lewis
Recorded compensation: $93,827.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.60%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Friends of the Children, Portland
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1993, Friends of the Children, Portland provides Portland's most at-risk children with intensive and long-term mentors. We take a preventive, early intervention approach that breaks the cycle of poverty and abuse by helping children in need overcome the many obstacles in their lives. We make a twelve and a half year commitment to each child, selecting them in kindergarten and guiding them through high school graduation. Friends of the Children, Portland has 42 Friends guiding, supporting and mentoring more than 350 children.
`ein` EIN	93-1098105
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5841318.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11900000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.79
`fscore` Financial score	86.55
`leader` Recorded leader	Megan Lewis
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	93827.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.016
`motto` Tagline	Transforming the lives of Portland's most vulnerable children
`name` Charity name	Friends of the Children, Portland
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6113526.0
`score` Overall score	89.27
`state` State code	OR
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4614641.220000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	695116.8420000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	525718.62

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 93-1098105
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Oregon (OR)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.