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Rafiki Foundation

EIN 74-2477089International Florida Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping Africans know God and raise their standard of living through orphan care, a widows program, and education.

The Rafiki Foundation is a Christian organization whose goal is to help Africans know God and raise their standard of living. It was established in 1985 by Rosemary Jensen and other who desired to help Africans with Bible teaching and development.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.30Overall score
out of 100

91.67Financial 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$8,016,437

Total expenses · USD$8,708,827

Program expenses

$7,916,323.74 recorded amount

90.9%

Fundraising expenses

$174,176.54 recorded amount

2.0%

Administrative expenses

$600,909.06 recorded amount

6.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Karen Elliott
Recorded compensation: $105,007.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.20%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Rafiki Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	The Rafiki Foundation is a Christian organization whose goal is to help Africans know God and raise their standard of living. It was established in 1985 by Rosemary Jensen and other who desired to help Africans with Bible teaching and development.
`ein` EIN	74-2477089
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8708827.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.069
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.02
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.909
`fscore` Financial score	91.67
`leader` Recorded leader	Karen Elliott
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	105007.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.012
`motto` Tagline	Helping Africans know God and raise their standard of living through orphan care, a widows program, and education.
`name` Charity name	Rafiki Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8016437.0
`score` Overall score	92.3
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7916323.743000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	174176.54
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	600909.0630000001

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.