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Make Way for Books

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Sharing stories changes lives, especially young lives

The mission of Make Way for Books is to give all children the chance to read and succeed. In 1998, Make Way for Books' founder Dr. Mary Jan Bancroft answered a newspaper listing to read to four-year-olds at a preschool in Tucson. Mary Jan found that this center did not have age-appropriate, quality picture books. Deciding to explore this need further, Mary Jan found that most of the childcare centers serving economically-disadvantaged children had few to zero quality books for young children. That same year, Mary Jan founded Make Way for Books (MWFB) to meet this incredible need and began providing books to under-resourced sites and offering early literacy workshops for educators and parents. Today, MWFB has provided services to nearly 300 preschools and childcare centers. Each year, MWFB serves more than 30,000 children and families and 700 educators.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.91Overall score
out of 100

96.87Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,401,901

Total expenses · USD$1,226,457

Program expenses

$1,015,506.40 recorded amount

82.8%

Fundraising expenses

$73,587.42 recorded amount

6.0%

Administrative expenses

$134,910.27 recorded amount

11.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jenny Volpe
Recorded compensation: $79,844.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.51%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Make Way for Books
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Make Way for Books is to give all children the chance to read and succeed. In 1998, Make Way for Books' founder Dr. Mary Jan Bancroft answered a newspaper listing to read to four-year-olds at a preschool in Tucson. Mary Jan found that this center did not have age-appropriate, quality picture books. Deciding to explore this need further, Mary Jan found that most of the childcare centers serving economically-disadvantaged children had few to zero quality books for young children. That same year, Mary Jan founded Make Way for Books (MWFB) to meet this incredible need and began providing books to under-resourced sites and offering early literacy workshops for educators and parents. Today, MWFB has provided services to nearly 300 preschools and childcare centers. Each year, MWFB serves more than 30,000 children and families and 700 educators.
`ein` EIN	31-1583036
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1226457.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.06
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.828
`fscore` Financial score	96.87
`leader` Recorded leader	Jenny Volpe
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	79844.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.06509999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Sharing stories changes lives, especially young lives
`name` Charity name	Make Way for Books
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1401901.0
`score` Overall score	91.91
`state` State code	AZ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1015506.396
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	73587.42
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	134910.27

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1583036
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Early Childhood Programs and Services
Recorded location: Arizona (AZ)
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.