Charity profile · Historical source record

Points of Light

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We bring the power of people where it's needed most.
Points of Light, the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service, mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the world. Through affiliates in 250 cities and partnerships with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points of Light engages 4 million volunteers in 30 million hours of service each year. We bring the power of people to bear where it's needed most.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

77.58Overall score
out of 100
69.08Financial score
out of 100
93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$18,808,102
Total expenses · USD$23,441,027

Program expenses

$19,174,760.09 recorded amount
81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,031,405.19 recorded amount
4.4%

Administrative expenses

$3,211,420.70 recorded amount
13.7%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Tracy Hoover
Recorded compensation
$286,929.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.22%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Points of Light
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
93.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Points of Light, the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service, mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the world. Through affiliates in 250 cities and partnerships with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points of Light engages 4 million volunteers in 30 million hours of service each year. We bring the power of people to bear where it's needed most.
ein
EIN
65-0206641
tot_exp
Total expenses
23441027.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.13699999999999998
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.12
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.044000000000000004
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.818
fscore
Financial score
69.08
leader
Recorded leader
Tracy Hoover
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
286929.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.012199999999999999
motto
Tagline
We bring the power of people where it's needed most.
name
Charity name
Points of Light
tot_rev
Total revenue
18808102.0
score
Overall score
77.58
state
State code
GA
subcategory
Subcategory
Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
19174760.086
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
1031405.1880000001
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
3211420.6989999996

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.