Charity profile · Historical source record

Reach Out and Read of Greater New York

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Reading is doctor-recommended!

Reach Out and Read prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. In the Greater New York region, we provide new, age-appropriate books and literacy guidance to over a quarter of a million children in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley. Our organization builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop essential early literacy skills in young children via the existing healthcare infrastructure. Each year, Reach Out and Read of Greater New York serves a quarter of a million children in NYC, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley, focusing on those in low-income families.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.23Overall score
out of 100

83.94Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$1,936,916

Total expenses · USD$1,908,079

Program expenses

$1,646,672.18 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$188,899.82 recorded amount

9.9%

Administrative expenses

$70,598.92 recorded amount

3.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Mary L. Williams
Recorded compensation: $150,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.86%

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 Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Reach Out and Read prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. In the Greater New York region, we provide new, age-appropriate books and literacy guidance to over a quarter of a million children in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley. Our organization builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop essential early literacy skills in young children via the existing healthcare infrastructure. Each year, Reach Out and Read of Greater New York serves a quarter of a million children in NYC, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley, focusing on those in low-income families.
`ein` EIN	13-4080045
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1908079.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.099
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	83.94
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary L. Williams
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	150000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0786
`motto` Tagline	Reading is doctor-recommended!
`name` Charity name	Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1936916.0
`score` Overall score	86.23
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1646672.177
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	188899.821
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	70598.92300000001

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.