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Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The power of education begins here

Founded in 1888, Sheltering Arms is Georgia's oldest nonprofit early childhood education program, and one of its most respected. Our mission is to serve working families with high quality, affordable child care and education and comprehensive support services, as well as to provide professional development for early childhood educators and community outreach. Founded by Atlanta volunteers, Sheltering Arms now annually serves more than 3,600 children, ages six weeks to five years old, and their families, in 16 centers in six metro Atlanta counties.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.87Overall score
out of 100

90.84Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,189,831

Total expenses · USD$30,964,764

Program expenses

$28,270,829.53 recorded amount

91.3%

Fundraising expenses

$588,330.52 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,074,639.19 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Blythe Robinson
Recorded compensation: $264,222.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.85%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1888, Sheltering Arms is Georgia's oldest nonprofit early childhood education program, and one of its most respected. Our mission is to serve working families with high quality, affordable child care and education and comprehensive support services, as well as to provide professional development for early childhood educators and community outreach. Founded by Atlanta volunteers, Sheltering Arms now annually serves more than 3,600 children, ages six weeks to five years old, and their families, in 16 centers in six metro Atlanta counties.
`ein` EIN	58-0566236
`tot_exp` Total expenses	30964764.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9129999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	90.84
`leader` Recorded leader	Blythe Robinson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	264222.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0085
`motto` Tagline	The power of education begins here
`name` Charity name	Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers
`tot_rev` Total revenue	30189831.0
`score` Overall score	89.87
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Early Childhood Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	28270829.531999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	588330.516
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2074639.188

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-0566236
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Early Childhood Programs and Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.