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The Global Orphan Project

EIN 81-6079539International Missouri Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming lives through orphan care.

The Global Orphan Project, Inc. (GO Project) is a global orphan care ministry whose mission is to transform lives through orphan care. The GO Project was formed in 2003 to provide shelter and care for the basic needs and positive development of orphaned and impoverished children and their communities in some of the poorest areas of the world. The GO Project has three operating divisions: domestic and international orphan care whereby GO Project works with local churches to help provide family based care for orphans, trips into the Orphan Window, and an impact investment fund called GO Fund that supports vocational training centers, business ventures and agricultural ventures, and whose proceeds raised pay for basic orphan care costs.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.53Overall score
out of 100

89.27Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,796,513

Total expenses · USD$7,298,851

Program expenses

$6,262,414.16 recorded amount

85.8%

Fundraising expenses

$102,183.91 recorded amount

1.4%

Administrative expenses

$926,954.08 recorded amount

12.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Joe Knittig
Recorded compensation: $116,150.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.59%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Global Orphan Project
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	The Global Orphan Project, Inc. (GO Project) is a global orphan care ministry whose mission is to transform lives through orphan care. The GO Project was formed in 2003 to provide shelter and care for the basic needs and positive development of orphaned and impoverished children and their communities in some of the poorest areas of the world. The GO Project has three operating divisions: domestic and international orphan care whereby GO Project works with local churches to help provide family based care for orphans, trips into the Orphan Window, and an impact investment fund called GO Fund that supports vocational training centers, business ventures and agricultural ventures, and whose proceeds raised pay for basic orphan care costs.
`ein` EIN	81-6079539
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7298851.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.127
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.858
`fscore` Financial score	89.27
`leader` Recorded leader	Joe Knittig
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	116150.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0159
`motto` Tagline	Transforming lives through orphan care.
`name` Charity name	The Global Orphan Project
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7796513.0
`score` Overall score	90.53
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6262414.158
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	102183.91399999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	926954.077

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 81-6079539
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
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.