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Canine Assistants

EIN 58-1974410Animals Georgia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Teaching great dogs to help special people

Canine Assistants, founded in 1991, trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. In addition to physically assisting those with disabilities, Canine Assistants service dogs are instrumental in removing many of the barriers faced by the disabled in today's society. Most Canine Assistants service dogs are born, raised, and trained at our facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, while some are occasionally adopted from local organizations or breeders. The majority of our service dogs are retrievers, including both goldens and labradors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.18Overall score
out of 100

79.76Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,526,326

Total expenses · USD$2,447,707

Program expenses

$2,278,815.22 recorded amount

93.1%

Fundraising expenses

$41,611.02 recorded amount

1.7%

Administrative expenses

$124,833.06 recorded amount

5.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jennifer Arnold
Recorded compensation: $89,443.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.65%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Canine Assistants
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Canine Assistants, founded in 1991, trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. In addition to physically assisting those with disabilities, Canine Assistants service dogs are instrumental in removing many of the barriers faced by the disabled in today's society. Most Canine Assistants service dogs are born, raised, and trained at our facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, while some are occasionally adopted from local organizations or breeders. The majority of our service dogs are retrievers, including both goldens and labradors.
`ein` EIN	58-1974410
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2447707.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.051
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.017
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9309999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	79.76
`leader` Recorded leader	Jennifer Arnold
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	89443.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0365
`motto` Tagline	Teaching great dogs to help special people
`name` Charity name	Canine Assistants
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2526326.0
`score` Overall score	82.18
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2278815.2169999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	41611.019
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	124833.05699999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1974410
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
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.