Charity profile · Historical source record

Atlanta Children's Shelter

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Guiding homeless families with young children to independence
Founded in 1986, the Atlanta Children's Shelter provides free, quality day care, emotional support, an educational curriculum for homeless children, and focused social services for their families. Dedicated to helping families overcome the issues that contribute to homelessness, including domestic violence and job loss, the Atlanta Children's Shelter focuses on the long term self sufficiency of the family - which sets us apart from other Atlanta homeless shelters. Since our opening, the Shelter has provided loving care for 8,000 homeless children and helped guide 5,000 homeless families to stable, self-sufficiency.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.73Overall score
out of 100
78.78Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,671,688
Total expenses · USD$1,313,147

Program expenses

$945,465.84 recorded amount
72.0%

Fundraising expenses

$157,577.64 recorded amount
12.0%

Administrative expenses

$208,790.37 recorded amount
15.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.11 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
Sandra Holiday
Recorded compensation
$98,436.00
Recorded compensation percentage
7.49%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Atlanta Children's Shelter
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Founded in 1986, the Atlanta Children's Shelter provides free, quality day care, emotional support, an educational curriculum for homeless children, and focused social services for their families. Dedicated to helping families overcome the issues that contribute to homelessness, including domestic violence and job loss, the Atlanta Children's Shelter focuses on the long term self sufficiency of the family - which sets us apart from other Atlanta homeless shelters. Since our opening, the Shelter has provided loving care for 8,000 homeless children and helped guide 5,000 homeless families to stable, self-sufficiency.
ein
EIN
58-1675299
tot_exp
Total expenses
1313147.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.159
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.11
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.12
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.72
fscore
Financial score
78.78
leader
Recorded leader
Sandra Holiday
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
98436.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.07490000000000001
motto
Tagline
Guiding homeless families with young children to independence
name
Charity name
Atlanta Children's Shelter
tot_rev
Total revenue
1671688.0
score
Overall score
84.73
state
State code
GA
subcategory
Subcategory
Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
size
Source size label
small
program_exp
Program expenses
945465.84
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
157577.63999999998
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
208790.373

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.