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Building Changes

EIN 91-1410450Human Services Washington Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Everyone has a home and the opportunity for a healthy, fulfilling life

Building Changes believes everyone in Washington can be stably housed. We strengthen the leaders, organizations and systems that make it possible. We pull together government, philanthropy and nonprofits in a collective effort to impact family and youth homelessness in Washington state. Building Changes unleashes the power and unlocks the potential of our partners to advance emerging strategies for impacting homelessness. We support the following models: Diversion, Employment, Rapid Re-Housing, Coordinated Entry and Supportive Housing.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.84Overall score
out of 100

85.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,226,458

Total expenses · USD$6,478,654

Program expenses

$5,785,438.02 recorded amount

89.3%

Fundraising expenses

$194,359.62 recorded amount

3.0%

Administrative expenses

$485,899.05 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Helen Howell
Recorded compensation: $161,942.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.49%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Building Changes
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Building Changes believes everyone in Washington can be stably housed. We strengthen the leaders, organizations and systems that make it possible. We pull together government, philanthropy and nonprofits in a collective effort to impact family and youth homelessness in Washington state. Building Changes unleashes the power and unlocks the potential of our partners to advance emerging strategies for impacting homelessness. We support the following models: Diversion, Employment, Rapid Re-Housing, Coordinated Entry and Supportive Housing.
`ein` EIN	91-1410450
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6478654.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.03
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.893
`fscore` Financial score	85.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Helen Howell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	161942.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.024900000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Everyone has a home and the opportunity for a healthy, fulfilling life
`name` Charity name	Building Changes
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1226458.0
`score` Overall score	86.84
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5785438.022
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	194359.62
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	485899.05

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 91-1410450
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Homeless Services
Recorded location: Washington (WA)
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.