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Imagine America Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The research, scholarship and training provider for the nation's career colleges

The Imagine America Foundation (IAF), formerly the Career College Foundation, has been serving the career college community since 1982. IAF provides scholarships, awards, financial aid information, sector research and faculty training; honors achievement in career education; and supports and promotes the benefits of career colleges to the general public. More than 1,000 career education campuses participate in the Imagine America Scholarship and Award Programs.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

67.82Overall score
out of 100

62.65Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$439,567

Total expenses · USD$782,154

Program expenses

$463,817.32 recorded amount

59.3%

Fundraising expenses

$108,719.41 recorded amount

13.9%

Administrative expenses

$208,052.96 recorded amount

26.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 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: Robert Martin
Recorded compensation: $202,525.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 25.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Imagine America Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Imagine America Foundation (IAF), formerly the Career College Foundation, has been serving the career college community since 1982. IAF provides scholarships, awards, financial aid information, sector research and faculty training; honors achievement in career education; and supports and promotes the benefits of career colleges to the general public. More than 1,000 career education campuses participate in the Imagine America Scholarship and Award Programs.
`ein` EIN	52-1250860
`tot_exp` Total expenses	782154.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.266
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.139
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.593
`fscore` Financial score	62.65
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert Martin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	202525.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.2589
`motto` Tagline	The research, scholarship and training provider for the nation's career colleges
`name` Charity name	Imagine America Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	439567.0
`score` Overall score	67.82
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	463817.322
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	108719.406
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	208052.964

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1250860
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.