Charity profile · Historical source record

Summer Search

EIN 68-0200138Education California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping Young People Soar.

Summer Search is a national youth development nonprofit organization. We work with low-income high school students to transform what they believe is possible for themselves. We help students develop the skills and character traits they need to become college-educated leaders who give back to their families and communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.19Overall score
out of 100

70.85Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$18,810,898

Total expenses · USD$18,984,959

Program expenses

$12,226,313.60 recorded amount

64.4%

Fundraising expenses

$3,929,886.51 recorded amount

20.7%

Administrative expenses

$2,809,773.93 recorded amount

14.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 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: Amy Saxton
Recorded compensation: $203,858.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.07%

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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 Summer Search
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Summer Search is a national youth development nonprofit organization. We work with low-income high school students to transform what they believe is possible for themselves. We help students develop the skills and character traits they need to become college-educated leaders who give back to their families and communities.
`ein` EIN	68-0200138
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18984959.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14800000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.207
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.644
`fscore` Financial score	70.85
`leader` Recorded leader	Amy Saxton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	203858.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.010700000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Helping Young People Soar.
`name` Charity name	Summer Search
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18810898.0
`score` Overall score	79.19
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	12226313.596
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3929886.513
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2809773.9320000005

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 68-0200138
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.