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Animal Welfare Society

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing humane shelter and care to homeless animals and services and resources to pets and the people who love them.

The Animal Welfare Society (AWS) is a private humane society formed in the early 1960's. In 1967, AWS became incorporated and has now expanded to a shelter of more than 13,000 square feet, caring for more than 3,300 animals annually. Our service area for adoptions and other services extends throughout Southern Maine. We provide municipal shelter services to 21 communities representing a population of nearly 200,000 persons. AWS, a non-profit organization, exists to provide humane shelter and care to animals temporarily in need of housing, to assist in disaster response and to further the cause of responsible animal adoption and ownership through education and public awareness. The society actively promotes kindness, the elimination of cruelty and neglect to all animals, and the lifelong commitment of people to their pets.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.22Overall score
out of 100

93.25Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,225,282

Total expenses · USD$3,126,373

Program expenses

$2,466,708.30 recorded amount

78.9%

Fundraising expenses

$303,258.18 recorded amount

9.7%

Administrative expenses

$350,153.78 recorded amount

11.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Abigail Smith
Recorded compensation: $117,873.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.77%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Animal Welfare Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Animal Welfare Society (AWS) is a private humane society formed in the early 1960's. In 1967, AWS became incorporated and has now expanded to a shelter of more than 13,000 square feet, caring for more than 3,300 animals annually. Our service area for adoptions and other services extends throughout Southern Maine. We provide municipal shelter services to 21 communities representing a population of nearly 200,000 persons. AWS, a non-profit organization, exists to provide humane shelter and care to animals temporarily in need of housing, to assist in disaster response and to further the cause of responsible animal adoption and ownership through education and public awareness. The society actively promotes kindness, the elimination of cruelty and neglect to all animals, and the lifelong commitment of people to their pets.
`ein` EIN	23-7018176
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3126373.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.09699999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.789
`fscore` Financial score	93.25
`leader` Recorded leader	Abigail Smith
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	117873.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0377
`motto` Tagline	Providing humane shelter and care to homeless animals and services and resources to pets and the people who love them.
`name` Charity name	Animal Welfare Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3225282.0
`score` Overall score	95.22
`state` State code	ME
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2466708.2970000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	303258.181
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	350153.77599999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7018176
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Maine (ME)
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.