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Desire Street Ministries

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Developing thriving and sustainable urban ministries

Desire Street Ministries began in 1990 in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, LA. Today, Desire Street is using its 25+ years of experience to develop thriving and sustainable urban ministries by employing strategic partnerships to effectively and efficiently reach hundreds of inner-city children and their families in FL, GA, SC, AL, LA and TX. Desire Street currently works intensively with leaders in varying stages of a 5-7 year partnership agreement, while also providing day-long topical seminars for leaders and sharing our expertise and support with over 100 leaders annually who contact us for counsel. Through our website, we provide ministry leadership resources to anyone with internet access.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.46Overall score
out of 100

92.17Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,720,686

Total expenses · USD$2,453,814

Program expenses

$1,842,814.31 recorded amount

75.1%

Fundraising expenses

$321,449.63 recorded amount

13.1%

Administrative expenses

$287,096.24 recorded amount

11.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Danny Wuerffel
Recorded compensation: $124,666.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.08%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Desire Street Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Desire Street Ministries began in 1990 in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, LA. Today, Desire Street is using its 25+ years of experience to develop thriving and sustainable urban ministries by employing strategic partnerships to effectively and efficiently reach hundreds of inner-city children and their families in FL, GA, SC, AL, LA and TX. Desire Street currently works intensively with leaders in varying stages of a 5-7 year partnership agreement, while also providing day-long topical seminars for leaders and sharing our expertise and support with over 100 leaders annually who contact us for counsel. Through our website, we provide ministry leadership resources to anyone with internet access.
`ein` EIN	72-1218825
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2453814.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.131
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7509999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	92.17
`leader` Recorded leader	Danny Wuerffel
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	124666.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0508
`motto` Tagline	Developing thriving and sustainable urban ministries
`name` Charity name	Desire Street Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2720686.0
`score` Overall score	94.46
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1842814.3139999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	321449.634
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	287096.23799999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 72-1218825
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Activities
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.