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Public Education Foundation

EIN 62-1356764Education Tennessee Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming Public Education

At Public Education Foundation (PEF), we believe there's nothing more important to our community's future than strengthening our public schools. For almost twenty-five years, PEF has provided training, research and resources to teachers, principals and schools in Hamilton County and surrounding areas. Our initiatives give each student access to quality teachers and leaders and, in particular, provide support for reading and writing. Our mission is simple: we want to increase student achievement so all students succeed in learning and in life.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.64Overall score
out of 100

88.31Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,494,389

Total expenses · USD$4,505,435

Program expenses

$3,563,799.08 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$274,831.53 recorded amount

6.1%

Administrative expenses

$657,793.51 recorded amount

14.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Daniel D. Challener
Recorded compensation: $222,260.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.93%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Public Education Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	At Public Education Foundation (PEF), we believe there's nothing more important to our community's future than strengthening our public schools. For almost twenty-five years, PEF has provided training, research and resources to teachers, principals and schools in Hamilton County and surrounding areas. Our initiatives give each student access to quality teachers and leaders and, in particular, provide support for reading and writing. Our mission is simple: we want to increase student achievement so all students succeed in learning and in life.
`ein` EIN	62-1356764
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4505435.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.146
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.061
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.31
`leader` Recorded leader	Daniel D. Challener
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	222260.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0493
`motto` Tagline	Transforming Public Education
`name` Charity name	Public Education Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7494389.0
`score` Overall score	88.64
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Adult Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3563799.0849999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	274831.535
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	657793.51

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-1356764
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Adult Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.