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Operation Bootstrap Africa

EIN 41-6051952International Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping people help themselves in a variety of educational programs in Africa

Operation Bootstrap Africa (OBA) is a Minnesota-based, inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping people help themselves in a variety of educational programs in Africa. OBA began its mission of service in Tanzania in the mid-1960's, and was incorporated in 1965. OBA seeks to assist with educational opportunity in Africa, and has funded more than 2,250 classrooms and teachers' quarters in Tanzania alone. In that same timeframe the literacy rate of Tanzania has gone from 10% to 85%. In recent years, OBA has expanded into Madagascar, Zimbabwe and The Gambia, always working on self-help partnership agreements, in response to requests for assistance.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.15Overall score
out of 100

93.84Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,004,371

Total expenses · USD$838,344

Program expenses

$732,712.66 recorded amount

87.4%

Fundraising expenses

$43,593.89 recorded amount

5.2%

Administrative expenses

$60,360.77 recorded amount

7.2%

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: Diane Jacoby
Recorded compensation: $64,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.63%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Operation Bootstrap Africa
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Operation Bootstrap Africa (OBA) is a Minnesota-based, inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping people help themselves in a variety of educational programs in Africa. OBA began its mission of service in Tanzania in the mid-1960's, and was incorporated in 1965. OBA seeks to assist with educational opportunity in Africa, and has funded more than 2,250 classrooms and teachers' quarters in Tanzania alone. In that same timeframe the literacy rate of Tanzania has gone from 10% to 85%. In recent years, OBA has expanded into Madagascar, Zimbabwe and The Gambia, always working on self-help partnership agreements, in response to requests for assistance.
`ein` EIN	41-6051952
`tot_exp` Total expenses	838344.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8740000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	93.84
`leader` Recorded leader	Diane Jacoby
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	64000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.07629999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Helping people help themselves in a variety of educational programs in Africa
`name` Charity name	Operation Bootstrap Africa
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1004371.0
`score` Overall score	95.15
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	732712.6560000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	43593.888000000006
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	60360.768000000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-6051952
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.