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Cell Phones For Soldiers

EIN 20-1343425Human Services Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping our troops call home

Cell Phones For Soldiers Inc. is a national nonprofit dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to active-duty military members and veterans. Founded in 2004 by Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, then 12 and 13 years old, Cell Phones For Soldiers has provided more than 204 million "Minutes That Matter" to deployed troops. Since 2012, "Helping Heroes Home" has provided emergency funds for more than 400 returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships. For more information, visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest pages.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

66.97Overall score
out of 100

77.64Financial score
out of 100

59.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$181,448

Total expenses · USD$559,483

Program expenses

$380,448.44 recorded amount

68.0%

Fundraising expenses

$99,028.49 recorded amount

17.7%

Administrative expenses

$79,446.59 recorded amount

14.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Robert M. Bergquist
Recorded compensation: $25,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cell Phones For Soldiers
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	59.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Cell Phones For Soldiers Inc. is a national nonprofit dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to active-duty military members and veterans. Founded in 2004 by Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, then 12 and 13 years old, Cell Phones For Soldiers has provided more than 204 million "Minutes That Matter" to deployed troops. Since 2012, "Helping Heroes Home" has provided emergency funds for more than 400 returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships. For more information, visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest pages.
`ein` EIN	20-1343425
`tot_exp` Total expenses	559483.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.142
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.177
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.68
`fscore` Financial score	77.64
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert M. Bergquist
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	25000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0446
`motto` Tagline	Helping our troops call home
`name` Charity name	Cell Phones For Soldiers
`tot_rev` Total revenue	181448.0
`score` Overall score	66.97
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	380448.44
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	99028.491
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	79446.586

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-1343425
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.