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Village Enterprise

EIN 22-2852248International California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating sustainable businesses. Transforming lives.

Our mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. The Village Enterprise one-year Graduation program provides groups of three entrepreneurs with seed capital ($150), training and on-going mentoring by a local business mentor. We organize the business groups into Business Savings Groups (BSGs) of 30 entrepreneurs (10 business groups) to allow access to growth capital, provide a safe place for savings and build social capital. Integrated conservation training ensures that new business activities promote environmental best practices. Examples of businesses include livestock, farming, small retail stores and restaurants, tailoring, and beekeeping. Village Enterprise has started over 43,000 businesses and trained over 169,000 East Africans. Village Enterprise is headquartered in San Carlos, CA, and operates in Kenya and Uganda. Village Enterprise has top ratings across all categories from ImpactMatters and is endorsed by The Life You Can Save.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.72Overall score
out of 100

91.12Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,572,099

Total expenses · USD$2,769,169

Program expenses

$2,220,873.54 recorded amount

80.2%

Fundraising expenses

$382,145.32 recorded amount

13.8%

Administrative expenses

$163,380.97 recorded amount

5.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Dianne Calvi
Recorded compensation: $133,141.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.80%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Village Enterprise
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. The Village Enterprise one-year Graduation program provides groups of three entrepreneurs with seed capital ($150), training and on-going mentoring by a local business mentor. We organize the business groups into Business Savings Groups (BSGs) of 30 entrepreneurs (10 business groups) to allow access to growth capital, provide a safe place for savings and build social capital. Integrated conservation training ensures that new business activities promote environmental best practices. Examples of businesses include livestock, farming, small retail stores and restaurants, tailoring, and beekeeping. Village Enterprise has started over 43,000 businesses and trained over 169,000 East Africans. Village Enterprise is headquartered in San Carlos, CA, and operates in Kenya and Uganda. Village Enterprise has top ratings across all categories from ImpactMatters and is endorsed by The Life You Can Save.
`ein` EIN	22-2852248
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2769169.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.059000000000000004
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.138
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.802
`fscore` Financial score	91.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Dianne Calvi
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	133141.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.048
`motto` Tagline	Creating sustainable businesses. Transforming lives.
`name` Charity name	Village Enterprise
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3572099.0
`score` Overall score	93.72
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2220873.538
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	382145.32200000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	163380.97100000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2852248
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.