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PeerForward

EIN 52-2007028Education District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Peers. Power. Purpose.

PeerForward's (formerly College Summit) mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. Our premier program, PeerForward, drives up higher education enrollment and success by tapping a resource found in every high school in America - influential students. We work with school partners to select students and an advisor, train them at powerful summer workshops and in school-year training camps, and support the student teams as they run campaigns promoting key actions (applying for financial aid, applying to at least three schools, and connecting career ambitions to academic decisions) that research shows are leading indicators for postsecondary success. The students set goals, conduct campaign activities, and collect data to analyze progress. Our schools achieve 26% higher rates of financial aid applications than similar schools without PeerForward.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.21Overall score
out of 100

70.60Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,310,097

Total expenses · USD$7,527,116

Program expenses

$5,238,872.74 recorded amount

69.6%

Fundraising expenses

$1,663,492.64 recorded amount

22.1%

Administrative expenses

$609,696.40 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.31 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joanne Smith
Recorded compensation: $215,720.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.86%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for PeerForward
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	PeerForward's (formerly College Summit) mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. Our premier program, PeerForward, drives up higher education enrollment and success by tapping a resource found in every high school in America - influential students. We work with school partners to select students and an advisor, train them at powerful summer workshops and in school-year training camps, and support the student teams as they run campaigns promoting key actions (applying for financial aid, applying to at least three schools, and connecting career ambitions to academic decisions) that research shows are leading indicators for postsecondary success. The students set goals, conduct campaign activities, and collect data to analyze progress. Our schools achieve 26% higher rates of financial aid applications than similar schools without PeerForward.
`ein` EIN	52-2007028
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7527116.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.31
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.221
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.696
`fscore` Financial score	70.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Joanne Smith
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	215720.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0286
`motto` Tagline	Peers. Power. Purpose.
`name` Charity name	PeerForward
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4310097.0
`score` Overall score	79.21
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5238872.736
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1663492.636
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	609696.3960000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-2007028
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.