Charity profile · Historical source record

Tostan

EIN 98-0118876International District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Community-led development

Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights. Tostan means "breakthrough" in the West African language of Wolof. Since 1991, Tostan has brought its holistic 30-month education program to thousands of communities in ten African countries. Currently, Tostan offers an education program called the Community Empowerment Program to hundreds of villages in West and East Africa.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.18Overall score
out of 100

86.12Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$7,666,812

Total expenses · USD$6,631,431

Program expenses

$5,318,407.66 recorded amount

80.2%

Fundraising expenses

$285,151.53 recorded amount

4.3%

Administrative expenses

$1,021,240.37 recorded amount

15.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Elena Bonometti
Recorded compensation: $82,785.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.24%

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 Tostan
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights. Tostan means "breakthrough" in the West African language of Wolof. Since 1991, Tostan has brought its holistic 30-month education program to thousands of communities in ten African countries. Currently, Tostan offers an education program called the Community Empowerment Program to hundreds of villages in West and East Africa.
`ein` EIN	98-0118876
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6631431.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.154
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.043
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.802
`fscore` Financial score	86.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Elena Bonometti
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	82785.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0124
`motto` Tagline	Community-led development
`name` Charity name	Tostan
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7666812.0
`score` Overall score	90.18
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5318407.6620000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	285151.533
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1021240.374

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.