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Venture Philanthropy Partners

EIN 31-1713618Education District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Investing in a better future for vulnerable children and youth in Greater Washington

Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) makes the future brighter for youth living in Greater Washington by tackling the largest barriers to their success and forging partnerships that bring the expertise, passion and reach necessary to achieve life-changing results. Over the past 16 years, VPP has raised over $100 million to help children and youth of low-income families in Greater Washington access quality education, health care and career training, setting them on the right path to learn, graduate, and become successful, healthy adults. This funding, coupled with our management expertise and support in strengthening staff leadership, has increased the capacity of local nonprofits to help them expand to 80 new sites and serve 50,000 young people each year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.38Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,757,834

Total expenses · USD$6,182,794

Program expenses

$5,700,536.07 recorded amount

92.2%

Fundraising expenses

$352,419.26 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$117,473.09 recorded amount

1.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Carol Thompson Cole
Recorded compensation: $315,590.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.10%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Venture Philanthropy Partners
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) makes the future brighter for youth living in Greater Washington by tackling the largest barriers to their success and forging partnerships that bring the expertise, passion and reach necessary to achieve life-changing results. Over the past 16 years, VPP has raised over $100 million to help children and youth of low-income families in Greater Washington access quality education, health care and career training, setting them on the right path to learn, graduate, and become successful, healthy adults. This funding, coupled with our management expertise and support in strengthening staff leadership, has increased the capacity of local nonprofits to help them expand to 80 new sites and serve 50,000 young people each year.
`ein` EIN	31-1713618
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6182794.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.019
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.922
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Carol Thompson Cole
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	315590.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.051
`motto` Tagline	Investing in a better future for vulnerable children and youth in Greater Washington
`name` Charity name	Venture Philanthropy Partners
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4757834.0
`score` Overall score	92.38
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5700536.068
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	352419.25800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	117473.086

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1713618
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.