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Girls in the Game

EIN 36-4024533Human Services Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering all girls to be gamechangers

At Girls in the Game every girl finds her voice, discovers her strength and leads with confidence through fun and active sports, health and leadership programs. Girls in the Game empowers all girls to be gamechangers. Girls in the Game knows that girls are strong. And that given the opportunity they're capable of changing their lives and their communities. All they need is a chance. Unfortunately, research tells us that, compared to boys, they aren't always given those opportunities. So in 1995, our founders set out to level the playing field for all girls. Over 20 years later, Girls in the Game has empowered more than 40,000 girls, helping them to grow up happy, healthy and strong.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.42Overall score
out of 100

80.92Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,444,700

Total expenses · USD$1,295,956

Program expenses

$991,406.34 recorded amount

76.5%

Fundraising expenses

$203,465.09 recorded amount

15.7%

Administrative expenses

$98,492.66 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michelle Sperzel
Recorded compensation: $81,720.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.30%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Girls in the Game
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	At Girls in the Game every girl finds her voice, discovers her strength and leads with confidence through fun and active sports, health and leadership programs. Girls in the Game empowers all girls to be gamechangers. Girls in the Game knows that girls are strong. And that given the opportunity they're capable of changing their lives and their communities. All they need is a chance. Unfortunately, research tells us that, compared to boys, they aren't always given those opportunities. So in 1995, our founders set out to level the playing field for all girls. Over 20 years later, Girls in the Game has empowered more than 40,000 girls, helping them to grow up happy, healthy and strong.
`ein` EIN	36-4024533
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1295956.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.076
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.157
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.765
`fscore` Financial score	80.92
`leader` Recorded leader	Michelle Sperzel
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	81720.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.063
`motto` Tagline	Empowering all girls to be gamechangers
`name` Charity name	Girls in the Game
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1444700.0
`score` Overall score	84.42
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	991406.34
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	203465.092
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	98492.656

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-4024533
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis 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.