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The Idea Village

EIN 45-0470675Community Development Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

For entrepreneurs & those who believe in them

The Idea Village was founded in 2000 with the belief that entrepreneurship would be a catalyst - and a continued driver - for positive social and economic change in New Orleans. Over the last 13 years, The Idea Village has delivered on its mission to identify, support, and retain entrepreneurial talent by providing direct support to over 3,000 entrepreneurs by engaging 2,400 professionals to allocate 72,295 consulting hours and $3.45 million in seed capital. Collectively, this portfolio generates over $100 million in revenue and has created over 2,000 jobs for the New Orleans Community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.54Overall score
out of 100

93.40Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,671,665

Total expenses · USD$2,405,571

Program expenses

$1,910,023.37 recorded amount

79.4%

Fundraising expenses

$129,900.83 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$363,241.22 recorded amount

15.1%

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: Timothy Williamson
Recorded compensation: $201,250.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.36%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Idea Village
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Idea Village was founded in 2000 with the belief that entrepreneurship would be a catalyst - and a continued driver - for positive social and economic change in New Orleans. Over the last 13 years, The Idea Village has delivered on its mission to identify, support, and retain entrepreneurial talent by providing direct support to over 3,000 entrepreneurs by engaging 2,400 professionals to allocate 72,295 consulting hours and $3.45 million in seed capital. Collectively, this portfolio generates over $100 million in revenue and has created over 2,000 jobs for the New Orleans Community.
`ein` EIN	45-0470675
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2405571.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.151
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.794
`fscore` Financial score	93.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Timothy Williamson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	201250.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0836
`motto` Tagline	For entrepreneurs & those who believe in them
`name` Charity name	The Idea Village
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2671665.0
`score` Overall score	94.54
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1910023.374
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	129900.83400000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	363241.22099999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 45-0470675
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Louisiana (LA)
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.