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Life is Good Kids Foundation

EIN 20-5524270Human Services Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Spreading the power of optimism to children who desperately need it

The Life is Good Kids Foundation helps kids overcome poverty, violence, and illness by using the power of joyful play to heal and strengthen children. We support the men and women who dedicate their careers to helping children heal from the devastating impact of early childhood trauma. We provide a continuum of personal and professional development resources that help childcare professionals tap into the power of optimism and build healing, life-changing relationships with children in their care. Our initiative is based on the belief that in order to better care for the most vulnerable children, we must better support those who care for them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

72.19Overall score
out of 100

67.41Financial score
out of 100

78.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,478,863

Total expenses · USD$1,888,936

Program expenses

$1,269,364.99 recorded amount

67.2%

Fundraising expenses

$391,009.75 recorded amount

20.7%

Administrative expenses

$224,783.38 recorded amount

11.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.29 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Steven Gross
Recorded compensation: $112,909.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.97%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Life is Good Kids Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	78.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Life is Good Kids Foundation helps kids overcome poverty, violence, and illness by using the power of joyful play to heal and strengthen children. We support the men and women who dedicate their careers to helping children heal from the devastating impact of early childhood trauma. We provide a continuum of personal and professional development resources that help childcare professionals tap into the power of optimism and build healing, life-changing relationships with children in their care. Our initiative is based on the belief that in order to better care for the most vulnerable children, we must better support those who care for them.
`ein` EIN	20-5524270
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1888936.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11900000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.29
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.207
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.672
`fscore` Financial score	67.41
`leader` Recorded leader	Steven Gross
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	112909.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.059699999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Spreading the power of optimism to children who desperately need it
`name` Charity name	Life is Good Kids Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1478863.0
`score` Overall score	72.19
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1269364.992
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	391009.752
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	224783.38400000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-5524270
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.