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Rocking the Boat

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Kids don't just build boats, boats build kids.

Rocking the Boat empowers young people challenged by severe economic, educational, and social conditions to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves. Adam Green launched Rocking the Boat in 1996 as a volunteer project in an East Harlem junior high school. It has since developed into a fully sustainable independent non-profit organization annually serving nearly 3,000 young people and community members. Kids don't just build boats at Rocking the Boat, boats build kids.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.42Overall score
out of 100

86.46Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,025,171

Total expenses · USD$2,444,745

Program expenses

$1,926,459.06 recorded amount

78.8%

Fundraising expenses

$295,814.15 recorded amount

12.1%

Administrative expenses

$217,582.31 recorded amount

8.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Adam Green
Recorded compensation: $124,569.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.09%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Rocking the Boat
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Rocking the Boat empowers young people challenged by severe economic, educational, and social conditions to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves. Adam Green launched Rocking the Boat in 1996 as a volunteer project in an East Harlem junior high school. It has since developed into a fully sustainable independent non-profit organization annually serving nearly 3,000 young people and community members. Kids don't just build boats at Rocking the Boat, boats build kids.
`ein` EIN	13-4177814
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2444745.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08900000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.121
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7879999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	86.46
`leader` Recorded leader	Adam Green
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	124569.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0509
`motto` Tagline	Kids don't just build boats, boats build kids.
`name` Charity name	Rocking the Boat
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3025171.0
`score` Overall score	90.42
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1926459.0599999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	295814.145
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	217582.30500000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-4177814
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.