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The Carver Foundation of Norwalk

EIN 06-0862072Human Services Connecticut Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Building Lifetime Achievers

Founded in 1938 as a neighborhood community center, The Carver Foundation of Norwalk (Carve) today is the largest provider of free after-school programs for middle and high school students in Norwalk, CT. Carver's free after-school Youth Development Program began its expansion into Norwalk Public Schools in 2008, and is now conducted in the Carver Community Center and in Norwalk's four middle and two high schools. Carver also offers college scholarship funds and multiple summer programs, winning basketball travel teams, international learning opportunities, a parent leadership academy, health and wellness programming, spring and fall college tours, food drives, community holiday events and more for the benefit of the Norwalk community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.45Overall score
out of 100

89.76Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,259,487

Total expenses · USD$3,307,902

Program expenses

$2,662,861.11 recorded amount

80.5%

Fundraising expenses

$291,095.38 recorded amount

8.8%

Administrative expenses

$350,637.61 recorded amount

10.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Novelette Peterkin
Recorded compensation: $152,250.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.60%

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All 23 original fields for The Carver Foundation of Norwalk
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1938 as a neighborhood community center, The Carver Foundation of Norwalk (Carve) today is the largest provider of free after-school programs for middle and high school students in Norwalk, CT. Carver's free after-school Youth Development Program began its expansion into Norwalk Public Schools in 2008, and is now conducted in the Carver Community Center and in Norwalk's four middle and two high schools. Carver also offers college scholarship funds and multiple summer programs, winning basketball travel teams, international learning opportunities, a parent leadership academy, health and wellness programming, spring and fall college tours, food drives, community holiday events and more for the benefit of the Norwalk community.
`ein` EIN	06-0862072
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3307902.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.106
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.805
`fscore` Financial score	89.76
`leader` Recorded leader	Novelette Peterkin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152250.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.046
`motto` Tagline	Building Lifetime Achievers
`name` Charity name	The Carver Foundation of Norwalk
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5259487.0
`score` Overall score	92.45
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2662861.1100000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	291095.37600000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	350637.61199999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 06-0862072
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.