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REAL School Gardens

EIN 20-5946552Education District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating learning gardens that grow successful students

For a teacher, a garden is more than a beautiful place or a veggie patch. It is a powerful learning tool, as critical to a student's academic success as a computer or a microscope. To help students succeed, REAL School Gardens creates learning gardens in low-income schools and trains teachers how to use them to improve student engagement and academic achievement. While all children can benefit from hands-on outdoor instruction, we focus our efforts on children in low-income schools so that we address the greatest need.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.14Overall score
out of 100

89.64Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,115,116

Total expenses · USD$2,996,732

Program expenses

$2,247,549.00 recorded amount

75.0%

Fundraising expenses

$530,421.56 recorded amount

17.7%

Administrative expenses

$212,767.97 recorded amount

7.1%

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: Jeanne McCarty
Recorded compensation: $148,781.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.96%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for REAL School Gardens
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	For a teacher, a garden is more than a beautiful place or a veggie patch. It is a powerful learning tool, as critical to a student's academic success as a computer or a microscope. To help students succeed, REAL School Gardens creates learning gardens in low-income schools and trains teachers how to use them to improve student engagement and academic achievement. While all children can benefit from hands-on outdoor instruction, we focus our efforts on children in low-income schools so that we address the greatest need.
`ein` EIN	20-5946552
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2996732.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.071
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.177
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.75
`fscore` Financial score	89.64
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeanne McCarty
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	148781.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0496
`motto` Tagline	Creating learning gardens that grow successful students
`name` Charity name	REAL School Gardens
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2115116.0
`score` Overall score	92.14
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2247549.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	530421.564
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	212767.97199999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-5946552
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.