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Youth Science Institute

EIN 94-1265213Education California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Partnering with nature to teach kids science

Our mission is to Inspire Enthusiasm for Science and a Love of Learning in Pre-K through 6th-grade students in Santa Clara County, CA. We teach inquiry-based, life, physical, earth, and social science to nearly 30,000 children per year. Since our founding in 1953, we have taught hundreds of thousands of children. Our two youth programs are School & Group Programs and Summer Science Camps. We are committed to ensuring these programs are available to low-income, academically at-risk, and underserved populations. We also offer family Science Safaris (weekend and evening programs). YSI maintains 3 park-based Science & Nature Centers (San Jose, Saratoga, and Los Gatos). Each Center has specialized and unique artifacts, collections, and resources that connect children with nature while teaching science. Our programs are founded on the best practices of both hands-on science and experiential environmental education, and are correlated to the science content standards for CA public schools.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

69.17Overall score
out of 100

68.37Financial score
out of 100

70.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$808,478

Total expenses · USD$797,542

Program expenses

$492,880.96 recorded amount

61.8%

Fundraising expenses

$86,134.54 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$216,931.42 recorded amount

27.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Erika C. Buck
Recorded compensation: $77,508.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.71%

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All 23 original fields for Youth Science Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	70.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to Inspire Enthusiasm for Science and a Love of Learning in Pre-K through 6th-grade students in Santa Clara County, CA. We teach inquiry-based, life, physical, earth, and social science to nearly 30,000 children per year. Since our founding in 1953, we have taught hundreds of thousands of children. Our two youth programs are School & Group Programs and Summer Science Camps. We are committed to ensuring these programs are available to low-income, academically at-risk, and underserved populations. We also offer family Science Safaris (weekend and evening programs). YSI maintains 3 park-based Science & Nature Centers (San Jose, Saratoga, and Los Gatos). Each Center has specialized and unique artifacts, collections, and resources that connect children with nature while teaching science. Our programs are founded on the best practices of both hands-on science and experiential environmental education, and are correlated to the science content standards for CA public schools.
`ein` EIN	94-1265213
`tot_exp` Total expenses	797542.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.272
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.618
`fscore` Financial score	68.37
`leader` Recorded leader	Erika C. Buck
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	77508.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0971
`motto` Tagline	Partnering with nature to teach kids science
`name` Charity name	Youth Science Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	808478.0
`score` Overall score	69.17
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	492880.956
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	86134.53600000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	216931.42400000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-1265213
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and 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.