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Music For Life Institute

EIN 31-1746269International Washington Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping Africa's most vulnerable children today, so they can help Africa tomorrow

Music For Life Institute provides general relief and care in Africa with a focus on children's programs. The organization also brings children from Africa to the US for training and care integrated with a touring program. One of Music For Life Institute's main programs is the African Children's Choir. The African Children's Choir is made up of some of the neediest and most vulnerable children in their countries. The African Children's Choir helps these children break away from the everyday cycle of poverty and hopelessness. While touring with the Choir, the children are exposed to a world of new possibilities. After returning to Africa, the children receive a quality education, leadership training and spiritual ministry at the Music for Life Primary School at well-equipped schools in their respective countries.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.68Overall score
out of 100

81.37Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,963,421

Total expenses · USD$2,952,574

Program expenses

$2,506,735.33 recorded amount

84.9%

Fundraising expenses

$26,573.17 recorded amount

0.9%

Administrative expenses

$416,312.93 recorded amount

14.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Raymond R Barnett
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Music For Life Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Music For Life Institute provides general relief and care in Africa with a focus on children's programs. The organization also brings children from Africa to the US for training and care integrated with a touring program. One of Music For Life Institute's main programs is the African Children's Choir. The African Children's Choir is made up of some of the neediest and most vulnerable children in their countries. The African Children's Choir helps these children break away from the everyday cycle of poverty and hopelessness. While touring with the Choir, the children are exposed to a world of new possibilities. After returning to Africa, the children receive a quality education, leadership training and spiritual ministry at the Music for Life Primary School at well-equipped schools in their respective countries.
`ein` EIN	31-1746269
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2952574.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.141
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.009000000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8490000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	81.37
`leader` Recorded leader	Raymond R Barnett
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Helping Africa's most vulnerable children today, so they can help Africa tomorrow
`name` Charity name	Music For Life Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2963421.0
`score` Overall score	81.68
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2506735.3260000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	26573.166000000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	416312.93399999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1746269
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Washington (WA)
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.