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Literacy Action

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Changing Lives One Word At A Time

Literacy Action was created in 1968 with a vision to build a society where parents are able to help their children with homework, workers are prepared to enter the job market and succeed, and families can use education to leverage themselves out of poverty and become self-sufficient.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.52Overall score
out of 100

86.60Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,942,022

Total expenses · USD$1,905,616

Program expenses

$1,393,005.30 recorded amount

73.1%

Fundraising expenses

$304,898.56 recorded amount

16.0%

Administrative expenses

$205,806.53 recorded amount

10.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Austin Dickson
Recorded compensation: $103,900.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.45%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Literacy Action
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Literacy Action was created in 1968 with a vision to build a society where parents are able to help their children with homework, workers are prepared to enter the job market and succeed, and families can use education to leverage themselves out of poverty and become self-sufficient.
`ein` EIN	58-1053728
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1905616.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.16
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.731
`fscore` Financial score	86.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Austin Dickson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	103900.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0545
`motto` Tagline	Changing Lives One Word At A Time
`name` Charity name	Literacy Action
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2942022.0
`score` Overall score	90.52
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Adult Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1393005.2959999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	304898.56
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	205806.52800000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1053728
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Adult Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.