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Horizons for Youth

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Scholarship. Mentoring. Community.

Horizons for Youth is the only scholarship organization offering comprehensive support services such as tutoring and mentoring to students as early as kindergarten and continuing through high school graduation. With a 99% high school graduation rate and 80% college attendance rate, our program is a proven model for academic achievement and personal growth. We provide children from low-resource areas the opportunity for a quality education and the support services to take full advantage of it. Our participants are Chicago residents with limited income and who have at least one child in grades K-3. We select families after a thorough interview process that confirms a strong foundation at home and a commitment to making the most of education.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.96Overall score
out of 100

79.12Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,336,101

Total expenses · USD$2,876,824

Program expenses

$2,105,835.17 recorded amount

73.2%

Fundraising expenses

$609,886.69 recorded amount

21.2%

Administrative expenses

$155,348.50 recorded amount

5.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 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: Audrey George
Recorded compensation: $165,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.73%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Horizons for Youth
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Horizons for Youth is the only scholarship organization offering comprehensive support services such as tutoring and mentoring to students as early as kindergarten and continuing through high school graduation. With a 99% high school graduation rate and 80% college attendance rate, our program is a proven model for academic achievement and personal growth. We provide children from low-resource areas the opportunity for a quality education and the support services to take full advantage of it. Our participants are Chicago residents with limited income and who have at least one child in grades K-3. We select families after a thorough interview process that confirms a strong foundation at home and a commitment to making the most of education.
`ein` EIN	36-3796784
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2876824.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.212
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.732
`fscore` Financial score	79.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Audrey George
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	165000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.057300000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Scholarship. Mentoring. Community.
`name` Charity name	Horizons for Youth
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2336101.0
`score` Overall score	84.96
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2105835.168
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	609886.688
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	155348.496

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3796784
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
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.