Charity profile · Historical source record

Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired

EIN 36-2183809Education Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Learning - for Life

Founded in 1920 by William A. Hadley, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired promotes independent living through lifelong, distance education programs for people who are blind or visually impaired, their families and blindness service providers. Hadley is the largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people. Hadley offers courses free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students and their families and affordable tuition courses to blindness professionals. Today, the school serves more than 10,000 students from all 50 states and 100 countries. Students receive specially-designed course materials in a medium of their choice: braille, large print, audio or online.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.20Overall score
out of 100

95.75Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,306,004

Total expenses · USD$7,679,275

Program expenses

$6,058,947.98 recorded amount

78.9%

Fundraising expenses

$529,869.98 recorded amount

6.9%

Administrative expenses

$1,082,777.77 recorded amount

14.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Julie S. Tye
Recorded compensation: $154,353.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1920 by William A. Hadley, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired promotes independent living through lifelong, distance education programs for people who are blind or visually impaired, their families and blindness service providers. Hadley is the largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people. Hadley offers courses free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students and their families and affordable tuition courses to blindness professionals. Today, the school serves more than 10,000 students from all 50 states and 100 countries. Students receive specially-designed course materials in a medium of their choice: braille, large print, audio or online.
`ein` EIN	36-2183809
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7679275.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.141
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.069
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.789
`fscore` Financial score	95.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Julie S. Tye
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	154353.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.02
`motto` Tagline	Learning - for Life
`name` Charity name	Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5306004.0
`score` Overall score	94.2
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Special Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6058947.975000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	529869.9750000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1082777.775

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2183809
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Special Education
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.