Charity profile · Historical source record

Little League Baseball

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Character, courage, loyalty
Founded in 1939, Little League Baseball's mission is to promote, develop, supervise, and voluntarily assist in all lawful ways, the interest of those who will participate in Little League Baseball and Softball. Through proper guidance and exemplary leadership, the Little League program assists youth in developing the qualities of citizenship, discipline, teamwork and physical well-being. By espousing the virtues of character, courage and loyalty, the Little League Baseball and Softball program is designed to develop superior citizens rather than superior athletes. Since its inception, Little League has grow to nearly 200,000 teams, in all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.96Overall score
out of 100
96.03Financial score
out of 100
82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,746,750
Total expenses · USD$29,597,459

Program expenses

$25,868,179.17 recorded amount
87.4%

Fundraising expenses

$236,779.67 recorded amount
0.8%

Administrative expenses

$3,433,305.24 recorded amount
11.6%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.05 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
Stephen D. Keener
Recorded compensation
$431,959.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.45%

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 Little League Baseball
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
82.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1939, Little League Baseball's mission is to promote, develop, supervise, and voluntarily assist in all lawful ways, the interest of those who will participate in Little League Baseball and Softball. Through proper guidance and exemplary leadership, the Little League program assists youth in developing the qualities of citizenship, discipline, teamwork and physical well-being. By espousing the virtues of character, courage and loyalty, the Little League Baseball and Softball program is designed to develop superior citizens rather than superior athletes. Since its inception, Little League has grow to nearly 200,000 teams, in all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries.
ein
EIN
23-1688231
tot_exp
Total expenses
29597459.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.11599999999999999
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.05
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.008
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.8740000000000001
fscore
Financial score
96.03
leader
Recorded leader
Stephen D. Keener
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
431959.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.014499999999999999
motto
Tagline
Character, courage, loyalty
name
Charity name
Little League Baseball
tot_rev
Total revenue
30746750.0
score
Overall score
86.96
state
State code
PA
subcategory
Subcategory
Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
25868179.166000005
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
236779.672
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
3433305.244

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.