Charity profile · Historical source record

The Mission

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Changing a nation once child at a time.

In 1987 Rancho De Sus Niños (RDSN) was founded by Steve and Cathy Horner out of a desire to change a nation one child at a time. Over the next 21 years, the Horners built and founded an orphanage, as well as a family care program, elementary schools, a Bible college, and 19 churches, all in their beloved country of Mexico.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

50.63Overall score
out of 100

89.40Financial score
out of 100

31.00Accountability & 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$2,082,338

Total expenses · USD$2,335,814

Program expenses

$1,936,389.81 recorded amount

82.9%

Fundraising expenses

$121,462.33 recorded amount

5.2%

Administrative expenses

$273,290.24 recorded amount

11.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 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: James Horner
Recorded compensation: $40,885.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.75%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for The Mission
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	31.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	In 1987 Rancho De Sus Niños (RDSN) was founded by Steve and Cathy Horner out of a desire to change a nation one child at a time. Over the next 21 years, the Horners built and founded an orphanage, as well as a family care program, elementary schools, a Bible college, and 19 churches, all in their beloved country of Mexico.
`ein` EIN	68-0280223
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2335814.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8290000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	89.4
`leader` Recorded leader	James Horner
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	40885.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0175
`motto` Tagline	Changing a nation once child at a time.
`name` Charity name	The Mission
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2082338.0
`score` Overall score	50.63
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1936389.806
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	121462.32800000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	273290.238

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.