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Charity Cars

EIN 59-3362703Human Services Florida Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing donated vehicles to struggling families

Established in 1996, Charity Cars provides a free vehicle and vehicle support services to assist disadvantaged families in their transition from dependency to self-sufficiency. The Charity Cars program provides a vehicle that has been refurbished to insure safety and reliability, and at times a license plate, the down-payment for insurance, a service warranty, and case management services to families willing to work. The National Car Donations System (NCDS) has the ability to process vehicle donations from anywhere in the country. Charity Cars is now in a position to assist other communities in the task of implementing a viable, responsive, accountable and cost-effective vehicle donations program. The Charity Cars program offers an indispensable solution to the critical transportation dilemma confronting States grappling with welfare reform.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.74Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$9,141,072

Total expenses · USD$7,458,283

Program expenses

$6,660,246.72 recorded amount

89.3%

Fundraising expenses

$544,454.66 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$238,665.06 recorded amount

3.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Brian Menzies
Recorded compensation: $148,299.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.98%

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 Charity Cars
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1996, Charity Cars provides a free vehicle and vehicle support services to assist disadvantaged families in their transition from dependency to self-sufficiency. The Charity Cars program provides a vehicle that has been refurbished to insure safety and reliability, and at times a license plate, the down-payment for insurance, a service warranty, and case management services to families willing to work. The National Car Donations System (NCDS) has the ability to process vehicle donations from anywhere in the country. Charity Cars is now in a position to assist other communities in the task of implementing a viable, responsive, accountable and cost-effective vehicle donations program. The Charity Cars program offers an indispensable solution to the critical transportation dilemma confronting States grappling with welfare reform.
`ein` EIN	59-3362703
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7458283.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.032
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.893
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Brian Menzies
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	148299.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.019799999999999998
`motto` Tagline	Providing donated vehicles to struggling families
`name` Charity name	Charity Cars
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9141072.0
`score` Overall score	94.74
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6660246.7190000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	544454.659
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	238665.056

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 59-3362703
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.