Charity profile · Historical source record

The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

EIN 01-0267392Human Services Maine Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving families and children since 1899

Founded in 1899, the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers builds and strengthens families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life. It is a multi-faceted organization that has grown to meet the evolving needs of those it serves. Our services include: The Hague-accredited Adoption Program, the longest-operating program of its kind in Maine, offering domestic and international adoption services, home studies, post adoption, and birth parent services, as well as The Children's Place, delivering early care and education to children 6 weeks old to age 5.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.02Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$2,146,359

Total expenses · USD$2,473,057

Program expenses

$2,139,194.31 recorded amount

86.5%

Fundraising expenses

$163,221.76 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$168,167.88 recorded amount

6.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 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: Richard L Dorian
Recorded compensation: $63,724.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.57%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1899, the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers builds and strengthens families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life. It is a multi-faceted organization that has grown to meet the evolving needs of those it serves. Our services include: The Hague-accredited Adoption Program, the longest-operating program of its kind in Maine, offering domestic and international adoption services, home studies, post adoption, and birth parent services, as well as The Children's Place, delivering early care and education to children 6 weeks old to age 5.
`ein` EIN	01-0267392
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2473057.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.068
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.865
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard L Dorian
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	63724.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.025699999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Serving families and children since 1899
`name` Charity name	The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2146359.0
`score` Overall score	92.02
`state` State code	ME
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2139194.305
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	163221.76200000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	168167.87600000002

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.