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Mikva Challenge

EIN 52-2033353Education Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Democracy is a verb!

Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders. We do this by engaging youth in action civics, an authentic and transformative learning process built on youth voice and youth expertise. We help low-income Chicago youth become meaningful actors in politics and, by doing so, we honor the Mikvas' decades of inspiring young adults to embark on careers in public service and politics. Since 2000, Mikva Challenge has trained over 40,000 young people through our elections, activism and policymaking programs. Through the Mikva process, young people connect with peers, adults and political issues, strategize about how to win their issue or campaign and take action to become real political participants.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.01Overall score
out of 100

93.62Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,464,032

Total expenses · USD$3,434,395

Program expenses

$2,754,384.79 recorded amount

80.2%

Fundraising expenses

$418,996.19 recorded amount

12.2%

Administrative expenses

$257,579.62 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michelle Morales
Recorded compensation: $111,683.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.25%

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All 23 original fields for Mikva Challenge
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders. We do this by engaging youth in action civics, an authentic and transformative learning process built on youth voice and youth expertise. We help low-income Chicago youth become meaningful actors in politics and, by doing so, we honor the Mikvas' decades of inspiring young adults to embark on careers in public service and politics. Since 2000, Mikva Challenge has trained over 40,000 young people through our elections, activism and policymaking programs. Through the Mikva process, young people connect with peers, adults and political issues, strategize about how to win their issue or campaign and take action to become real political participants.
`ein` EIN	52-2033353
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3434395.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.122
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.802
`fscore` Financial score	93.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Michelle Morales
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	111683.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0325
`motto` Tagline	Democracy is a verb!
`name` Charity name	Mikva Challenge
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4464032.0
`score` Overall score	95.01
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2754384.79
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	418996.19
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	257579.625

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2033353
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.