Charity profile · Historical source record

LIFT

EIN 52-2168409Human Services District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empower Families to Break the Cycle of Poverty

Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Washington D.C. with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, LIFT is a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering families to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.56Overall score
out of 100

73.27Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,990,066

Total expenses · USD$5,586,830

Program expenses

$3,921,954.66 recorded amount

70.2%

Fundraising expenses

$586,617.15 recorded amount

10.5%

Administrative expenses

$1,072,671.36 recorded amount

19.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: Kirsten Lodal
Recorded compensation: $157,547.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.81%

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 LIFT
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Washington D.C. with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, LIFT is a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering families to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
`ein` EIN	52-2168409
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5586830.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.192
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.105
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7020000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	73.27
`leader` Recorded leader	Kirsten Lodal
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	157547.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0281
`motto` Tagline	Empower Families to Break the Cycle of Poverty
`name` Charity name	LIFT
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5990066.0
`score` Overall score	79.56
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3921954.6600000006
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	586617.15
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1072671.36

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2168409
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.