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Readers Are Leaders Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Supporting literacy through newspapers in education

The Readers Are Leaders Foundation was founded in 1999 by The Houston Chronicle to promote newspapers as effective tools for improving the academic skills of young people in the Greater Houston, Texas area. The Foundation has a two-fold purpose: to encourage schoolchildren to read, and to foster a better understanding of current events and world affairs by these children. Programs include the Adopt-a-class program, which provides free newspaper subscriptions and a variety of teaching guides to needy classrooms; the Family-based Literacy program, providing educational assistance to students and family of 47 inner-city school communities in the Houston area; and Club Chronicle, where children and adults can improve their reading skills by reading serial stories.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

50.63Overall score
out of 100

64.32Financial score
out of 100

40.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$92,411

Total expenses · USD$53,213

Program expenses

$39,324.41 recorded amount

73.9%

Fundraising expenses

$8,726.93 recorded amount

16.4%

Administrative expenses

$5,055.23 recorded amount

9.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Readers Are Leaders Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	40.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Readers Are Leaders Foundation was founded in 1999 by The Houston Chronicle to promote newspapers as effective tools for improving the academic skills of young people in the Greater Houston, Texas area. The Foundation has a two-fold purpose: to encourage schoolchildren to read, and to foster a better understanding of current events and world affairs by these children. Programs include the Adopt-a-class program, which provides free newspaper subscriptions and a variety of teaching guides to needy classrooms; the Family-based Literacy program, providing educational assistance to students and family of 47 inner-city school communities in the Houston area; and Club Chronicle, where children and adults can improve their reading skills by reading serial stories.
`ein` EIN	76-0573822
`tot_exp` Total expenses	53213.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.095
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.16399999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	64.32
`leader` Recorded leader	This organization did not report a CEO
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Supporting literacy through newspapers in education
`name` Charity name	Readers Are Leaders Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	92411.0
`score` Overall score	50.63
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	39324.40700000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	8726.931999999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5055.235

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 76-0573822
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.