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Great Aspirations Scholarship Program

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Ensuring that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or social circumstances

Founded in 1983, GRASP is a college-access organization that assists students and families in obtaining funding for post-secondary education. GRASP will help students and their families, regardless of their financial resources and at no charge to them, develop an educational plan. Our goal is to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or social circumstances.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.17Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,921,038

Total expenses · USD$1,646,781

Program expenses

$1,424,465.56 recorded amount

86.5%

Fundraising expenses

$14,821.03 recorded amount

0.9%

Administrative expenses

$204,200.84 recorded amount

12.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Elizabeth E. Heggie
Recorded compensation: $67,908.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.12%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Great Aspirations Scholarship Program
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1983, GRASP is a college-access organization that assists students and families in obtaining funding for post-secondary education. GRASP will help students and their families, regardless of their financial resources and at no charge to them, develop an educational plan. Our goal is to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or social circumstances.
`ein` EIN	52-1277427
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1646781.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.124
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.009000000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.865
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Elizabeth E. Heggie
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	67908.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0412
`motto` Tagline	Ensuring that every student has an equal opportunity for continuing education after high school, regardless of financial or social circumstances
`name` Charity name	Great Aspirations Scholarship Program
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1921038.0
`score` Overall score	97.17
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1424465.565
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	14821.029000000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	204200.844

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1277427
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.