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The Cradle

EIN 36-2181994Human Services Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Supporting you always

The Cradle's mission: "With our deep history in adoption as our foundation, we will advance the well-being of children by compassionately delivering exceptional education, guidance and lifelong support to build, preserve and strengthen their families." Renowned as one of the foremost adoption and child welfare agencies in the country, The Cradle has helped place more than 15,000 children into lasting, loving homes since 1923. We provide lifelong support for anyone with an adoption connection - birth parents, adoptive parents and adopted persons. The Cradle is the only U.S. adoption agency with an onsite, 24-hour infant nursery. It provides a safe, temporary, neutral place for babies to stay while their birth parents continue their counseling. The Cradle Nursery is also a haven for infants who have special medical needs and may require a bit more time until a capable, loving family is identified for them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.76Overall score
out of 100

72.80Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,085,309

Total expenses · USD$6,967,977

Program expenses

$5,386,246.22 recorded amount

77.3%

Fundraising expenses

$968,548.80 recorded amount

13.9%

Administrative expenses

$599,246.02 recorded amount

8.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.46 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Julianne Tye
Recorded compensation: $177,157.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.54%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Cradle
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Cradle's mission: "With our deep history in adoption as our foundation, we will advance the well-being of children by compassionately delivering exceptional education, guidance and lifelong support to build, preserve and strengthen their families." Renowned as one of the foremost adoption and child welfare agencies in the country, The Cradle has helped place more than 15,000 children into lasting, loving homes since 1923. We provide lifelong support for anyone with an adoption connection - birth parents, adoptive parents and adopted persons. The Cradle is the only U.S. adoption agency with an onsite, 24-hour infant nursery. It provides a safe, temporary, neutral place for babies to stay while their birth parents continue their counseling. The Cradle Nursery is also a haven for infants who have special medical needs and may require a bit more time until a capable, loving family is identified for them.
`ein` EIN	36-2181994
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6967977.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.46
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.139
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.773
`fscore` Financial score	72.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Julianne Tye
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	177157.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0254
`motto` Tagline	Supporting you always
`name` Charity name	The Cradle
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6085309.0
`score` Overall score	80.76
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5386246.221
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	968548.8030000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	599246.022

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2181994
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family 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.