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Voices for Children, CA

EIN 95-3786047Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A voice heard, a child saved

Voices for Children (VFC) transforms the lives of abused children in San Diego County by providing them with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). We believe that every child deserves a safe and permanent home, and to that end, will provide a CASA to every child in the foster care system who needs one, monitor every court file in the system, and advocate to improve the lives of San Diego County's foster children. VFC pursues its mission and vision through the advocacy of highly trained volunteer CASAs, who diligently monitor cases. In this way, VFC ensures that judges have the most thorough, current information possible when making decisions about such issues as a foster child's living situation, visits with siblings, medical and educational needs, and other services. By all accounts, CASAs make a huge difference in the foster care system; they give San Diego's foster children the opportunity to live up to his or her potential.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.99Overall score
out of 100

83.53Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,952,356

Total expenses · USD$5,633,674

Program expenses

$4,659,048.40 recorded amount

82.7%

Fundraising expenses

$738,011.29 recorded amount

13.1%

Administrative expenses

$230,980.63 recorded amount

4.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Sharon M. Lawrence
Recorded compensation: $202,890.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.60%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Voices for Children, CA
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Voices for Children (VFC) transforms the lives of abused children in San Diego County by providing them with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). We believe that every child deserves a safe and permanent home, and to that end, will provide a CASA to every child in the foster care system who needs one, monitor every court file in the system, and advocate to improve the lives of San Diego County's foster children. VFC pursues its mission and vision through the advocacy of highly trained volunteer CASAs, who diligently monitor cases. In this way, VFC ensures that judges have the most thorough, current information possible when making decisions about such issues as a foster child's living situation, visits with siblings, medical and educational needs, and other services. By all accounts, CASAs make a huge difference in the foster care system; they give San Diego's foster children the opportunity to live up to his or her potential.
`ein` EIN	95-3786047
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5633674.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.040999999999999995
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.131
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8270000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	83.53
`leader` Recorded leader	Sharon M. Lawrence
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	202890.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.036000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	A voice heard, a child saved
`name` Charity name	Voices for Children, CA
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5952356.0
`score` Overall score	85.99
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4659048.398
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	738011.294
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	230980.63399999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3786047
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.