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Little Kids Rock

EIN 94-3396568Education New Jersey Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering and equipping teachers to create music programs as diverse as the students they serve.

Little Kids Rock is a national nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. The organization partners with school districts to train public school teachers in its innovative Modern Band curriculum, and donates all the instruments and resources needed to teach popular music in a way that empowers students to experience instant achievement. Little Kids Rock is a pioneer and leader in the area of youth-centered music education in our nation's public school system, now bringing free, weekly music lessons to more than 320,000 students, through the efforts of more than 2,000 teachers volunteering in 200 public school districts nationwide. Since its inception in 2002, Little Kids Rock has since exploded into a national movement that has served more than 650,000 students. More info at www.littlekidsrock.org

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.88Overall score
out of 100

85.70Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,813,939

Total expenses · USD$5,555,404

Program expenses

$4,372,102.95 recorded amount

78.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,022,194.34 recorded amount

18.4%

Administrative expenses

$149,995.91 recorded amount

2.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Wish
Recorded compensation: $161,502.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.90%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Little Kids Rock
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Little Kids Rock is a national nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. The organization partners with school districts to train public school teachers in its innovative Modern Band curriculum, and donates all the instruments and resources needed to teach popular music in a way that empowers students to experience instant achievement. Little Kids Rock is a pioneer and leader in the area of youth-centered music education in our nation's public school system, now bringing free, weekly music lessons to more than 320,000 students, through the efforts of more than 2,000 teachers volunteering in 200 public school districts nationwide. Since its inception in 2002, Little Kids Rock has since exploded into a national movement that has served more than 650,000 students. More info at www.littlekidsrock.org
`ein` EIN	94-3396568
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5555404.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.027000000000000003
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.184
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.787
`fscore` Financial score	85.7
`leader` Recorded leader	David Wish
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	161502.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.028999999999999998
`motto` Tagline	Empowering and equipping teachers to create music programs as diverse as the students they serve.
`name` Charity name	Little Kids Rock
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5813939.0
`score` Overall score	89.88
`state` State code	NJ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4372102.948
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1022194.336
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	149995.90800000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3396568
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: New Jersey (NJ)
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.