Charity profile · Historical source record

Heroes for Children

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

The mission

What this organization describes

So no Texas family with a child battling cancer fights alone.

Heroes for Children advocates for and provides financial and social assistance to families with children (0-22 years of age) battling cancer. Since 2004, Heroes for Children has helped alleviate families' worries, giving them comfort and a brief respite from the everyday challenges of cancer-fighting and caregiving.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.57Overall score
out of 100

79.34Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$1,343,238

Total expenses · USD$1,332,829

Program expenses

$956,971.22 recorded amount

71.8%

Fundraising expenses

$283,892.58 recorded amount

21.3%

Administrative expenses

$89,299.54 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: Larissa Linton
Recorded compensation: $67,195.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.04%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Heroes for Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Heroes for Children advocates for and provides financial and social assistance to families with children (0-22 years of age) battling cancer. Since 2004, Heroes for Children has helped alleviate families' worries, giving them comfort and a brief respite from the everyday challenges of cancer-fighting and caregiving.
`ein` EIN	83-0489882
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1332829.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.213
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.718
`fscore` Financial score	79.34
`leader` Recorded leader	Larissa Linton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	67195.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0504
`motto` Tagline	So no Texas family with a child battling cancer fights alone.
`name` Charity name	Heroes for Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1343238.0
`score` Overall score	84.57
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	956971.222
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	283892.577
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	89299.543

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.