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The Guardsmen

EIN 94-1196194Education California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Enriching Young Lives

The Guardsmen is a group of Bay Area men mobilizing their significant talents and resources to enhance and improve the lives of at-risk youth. This all-volunteer organization, founded in 1947, provides access to high-quality educational and outdoor activities for inner-city youth. The opportunities created through The Guardsmen's scholarship and campership programs mean that every year kids who otherwise would not have a chance at success are given the opportunity to excel as productive members of society. Sometimes that support means giving kids a chance to “just be kids,” by giving them their first experience to hike, bike, or play a game of softball in the great outdoors. Sometimes that support means the difference between attending a low-performing public school, and access to a higher-quality private education and the life-changing course such an opportunity creates.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.56Overall score
out of 100

97.01Financial score
out of 100

67.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,437,013

Total expenses · USD$1,930,079

Program expenses

$1,607,755.81 recorded amount

83.3%

Fundraising expenses

$135,105.53 recorded amount

7.0%

Administrative expenses

$185,287.58 recorded amount

9.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Guardsmen
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	67.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Guardsmen is a group of Bay Area men mobilizing their significant talents and resources to enhance and improve the lives of at-risk youth. This all-volunteer organization, founded in 1947, provides access to high-quality educational and outdoor activities for inner-city youth. The opportunities created through The Guardsmen's scholarship and campership programs mean that every year kids who otherwise would not have a chance at success are given the opportunity to excel as productive members of society. Sometimes that support means giving kids a chance to “just be kids,” by giving them their first experience to hike, bike, or play a game of softball in the great outdoors. Sometimes that support means the difference between attending a low-performing public school, and access to a higher-quality private education and the life-changing course such an opportunity creates.
`ein` EIN	94-1196194
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1930079.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.096
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.833
`fscore` Financial score	97.01
`leader` Recorded leader	This organization did not report a CEO
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Enriching Young Lives
`name` Charity name	The Guardsmen
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2437013.0
`score` Overall score	76.56
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1607755.807
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	135105.53
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	185287.584

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-1196194
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.