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The Chicago Public Education Fund

EIN 36-4279013Education Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A venture capital fund for public education

As a venture capital fund for public education, The Chicago Public Education Fund (CPEF) invests dollars and ideas in well-managed, high-impact programs that improve school leadership and student achievement system wide. Our mission is to accelerate achievement for all Chicago public school students, especially our neediest, by building talented teams of principals and teachers. Using our model, CPEF provides critical strategic management assistance to the programs we support, helping them create strategic plans, hire management teams, recruit board members, and develop additional sources of financial support. CPEF serves as a catalyst and strategic investment partner with businesses, foundations, civic and community leaders, and the Chicago Public Schools.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.13Overall score
out of 100

99.37Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,713,368

Total expenses · USD$4,726,093

Program expenses

$3,913,205.00 recorded amount

82.8%

Fundraising expenses

$250,482.93 recorded amount

5.3%

Administrative expenses

$557,678.97 recorded amount

11.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Heather Y. Anichini
Recorded compensation: $307,549.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.50%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Chicago Public Education Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	As a venture capital fund for public education, The Chicago Public Education Fund (CPEF) invests dollars and ideas in well-managed, high-impact programs that improve school leadership and student achievement system wide. Our mission is to accelerate achievement for all Chicago public school students, especially our neediest, by building talented teams of principals and teachers. Using our model, CPEF provides critical strategic management assistance to the programs we support, helping them create strategic plans, hire management teams, recruit board members, and develop additional sources of financial support. CPEF serves as a catalyst and strategic investment partner with businesses, foundations, civic and community leaders, and the Chicago Public Schools.
`ein` EIN	36-4279013
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4726093.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.053
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.828
`fscore` Financial score	99.37
`leader` Recorded leader	Heather Y. Anichini
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	307549.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.065
`motto` Tagline	A venture capital fund for public education
`name` Charity name	The Chicago Public Education Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8713368.0
`score` Overall score	97.13
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Adult Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3913205.0039999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	250482.929
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	557678.974

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-4279013
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Adult Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.