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SeriousFun Children's Network

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Reaching beyond illness worldwide

SeriousFun Children's Network is a growing global community of independently managed and financed camps and partnership programs that have come together with a common purpose - to provide life-changing experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families around the world. Since 1988, more than 384,700 children and their families have been served, including over 253,800 children from 50 countries. Today, SeriousFun Children's Network includes 28 initiatives worldwide, all reaching beyond illness to help children and their families discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities. SeriousFun Children's Network and each of its member camps are independent not-for-profit organizations dependent upon private funding and the generosity of others to serve all children free of charge.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.85Overall score
out of 100

89.20Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$15,613,052

Total expenses · USD$14,274,438

Program expenses

$11,733,588.04 recorded amount

82.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,969,872.44 recorded amount

13.8%

Administrative expenses

$556,703.08 recorded amount

3.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: Jeffrey Blake Maher
Recorded compensation: $153,826.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for SeriousFun Children's Network
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	SeriousFun Children's Network is a growing global community of independently managed and financed camps and partnership programs that have come together with a common purpose - to provide life-changing experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families around the world. Since 1988, more than 384,700 children and their families have been served, including over 253,800 children from 50 countries. Today, SeriousFun Children's Network includes 28 initiatives worldwide, all reaching beyond illness to help children and their families discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities. SeriousFun Children's Network and each of its member camps are independent not-for-profit organizations dependent upon private funding and the generosity of others to serve all children free of charge.
`ein` EIN	31-1794455
`tot_exp` Total expenses	14274438.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.039
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.138
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8220000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	89.2
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeffrey Blake Maher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	153826.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.010700000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Reaching beyond illness worldwide
`name` Charity name	SeriousFun Children's Network
`tot_rev` Total revenue	15613052.0
`score` Overall score	91.85
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11733588.036
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1969872.4440000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	556703.082

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1794455
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.