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Scholarship America

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Education makes lives better.

Scholarship America is a nonprofit with a mission to mobilize America through scholarships and other educational support to make postsecondary success possible for all. We are working to engage the private sector in programs and policies that advance equity in postsecondary education, helping more students overcome barriers to access, persistence and attainment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.07Overall score
out of 100

80.31Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$189,290,399

Total expenses · USD$187,899,785

Program expenses

$182,262,791.45 recorded amount

97.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,315,298.49 recorded amount

0.7%

Administrative expenses

$4,133,795.27 recorded amount

2.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Robert Ballard
Recorded compensation: $283,884.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.15%

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 Scholarship America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Scholarship America is a nonprofit with a mission to mobilize America through scholarships and other educational support to make postsecondary success possible for all. We are working to engage the private sector in programs and policies that advance equity in postsecondary education, helping more students overcome barriers to access, persistence and attainment.
`ein` EIN	04-2296967
`tot_exp` Total expenses	187899785.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.022000000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.006999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.97
`fscore` Financial score	80.31
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert Ballard
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	283884.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0015
`motto` Tagline	Education makes lives better.
`name` Charity name	Scholarship America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	189290399.0
`score` Overall score	86.07
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	182262791.45
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1315298.4949999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4133795.2700000005

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2296967
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.