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Keep a Child Alive

EIN 73-1682844International New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

To realize the end of AIDS for children & their families, by combating the physical, social and economic impacts of HIV

Keep a Child Alive (KCA) was founded in 2003 by Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys and AIDS activist Leigh Blake as an emergency push to get life-saving HIV medications to African children and families, who otherwise would not have had access to treatment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.72Overall score
out of 100

79.81Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,528,864

Total expenses · USD$4,326,731

Program expenses

$3,703,681.74 recorded amount

85.6%

Fundraising expenses

$354,791.94 recorded amount

8.2%

Administrative expenses

$259,603.86 recorded amount

6.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: Peter Twyman
Recorded compensation: $195,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.50%

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

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All 23 original fields for Keep a Child Alive
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Keep a Child Alive (KCA) was founded in 2003 by Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys and AIDS activist Leigh Blake as an emergency push to get life-saving HIV medications to African children and families, who otherwise would not have had access to treatment.
`ein` EIN	73-1682844
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4326731.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.06
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.856
`fscore` Financial score	79.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Peter Twyman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	195000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.045
`motto` Tagline	To realize the end of AIDS for children & their families, by combating the physical, social and economic impacts of HIV
`name` Charity name	Keep a Child Alive
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2528864.0
`score` Overall score	85.72
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3703681.736
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	354791.942
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	259603.86

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 73-1682844
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.