Charity profile · Historical source record

Global Fund for Children

EIN 56-1834887International District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing the dignity of children and youth worldwide

Global Fund for Children's (GFC) mission is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world. GFC pursues its mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with some of the world's most vulnerable children and youth, complemented by a dynamic media program that, through books, documentary photography, and film, highlights the issues affecting children and celebrates the global society in which we all live. Since 1997, Global Fund for Children has invested in 646 grassroots organizations, strengthening thousands of communities and improving the lives of more than 10 million children and youth worldwide.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.68Overall score
out of 100

79.75Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$7,938,757

Total expenses · USD$6,244,625

Program expenses

$4,708,447.25 recorded amount

75.4%

Fundraising expenses

$1,136,521.75 recorded amount

18.2%

Administrative expenses

$393,411.38 recorded amount

6.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Susan Goodell
Recorded compensation: $215,450.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.45%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Global Fund for Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Global Fund for Children's (GFC) mission is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world. GFC pursues its mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with some of the world's most vulnerable children and youth, complemented by a dynamic media program that, through books, documentary photography, and film, highlights the issues affecting children and celebrates the global society in which we all live. Since 1997, Global Fund for Children has invested in 646 grassroots organizations, strengthening thousands of communities and improving the lives of more than 10 million children and youth worldwide.
`ein` EIN	56-1834887
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6244625.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.063
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.182
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.754
`fscore` Financial score	79.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Susan Goodell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	215450.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0345
`motto` Tagline	Advancing the dignity of children and youth worldwide
`name` Charity name	Global Fund for Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7938757.0
`score` Overall score	85.68
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4708447.25
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1136521.75
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	393411.375

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.