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Cleveland Sight Center

EIN 34-0714652Human Services Ohio Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering people with vision loss to realize their full potential

Cleveland Sight Center is a multi-faceted agency founded in 1906 serving people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired. We provide preventative, educational, rehabilitative, and many other vision support services directly to approximately 10,000 clients in the greater Cleveland area each year. Through community outreach and our radio-reading service, that number increases significantly. In addition to our educational and rehabilitative programs, we have a Low Vision Clinic, offer a wide array of social and recreational activities, and have a residential camp, Highbrook Lodge, in Chardon. Our comprehensive services are available to residents of Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties, with onsite services available to anyone who can travel to Cleveland Sight Center's University Circle location.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.07Overall score
out of 100

91.62Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,199,907

Total expenses · USD$10,147,874

Program expenses

$8,300,960.93 recorded amount

81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$588,576.69 recorded amount

5.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,248,188.50 recorded amount

12.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.25 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: Larry Benders
Recorded compensation: $231,802.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.28%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cleveland Sight Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Cleveland Sight Center is a multi-faceted agency founded in 1906 serving people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired. We provide preventative, educational, rehabilitative, and many other vision support services directly to approximately 10,000 clients in the greater Cleveland area each year. Through community outreach and our radio-reading service, that number increases significantly. In addition to our educational and rehabilitative programs, we have a Low Vision Clinic, offer a wide array of social and recreational activities, and have a residential camp, Highbrook Lodge, in Chardon. Our comprehensive services are available to residents of Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties, with onsite services available to anyone who can travel to Cleveland Sight Center's University Circle location.
`ein` EIN	34-0714652
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10147874.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.25
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.818
`fscore` Financial score	91.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Larry Benders
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	231802.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.022799999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Empowering people with vision loss to realize their full potential
`name` Charity name	Cleveland Sight Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12199907.0
`score` Overall score	94.07
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8300960.931999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	588576.6919999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1248188.502

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 34-0714652
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
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.