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Dogs for Better Lives

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing Assistance Dogs since 1977

Established in 1977, Dogs for Better Lives (formerly Dogs for the Deaf) is a national non-profit organization that rescues, trains and places dogs with people who have different disabilities and needs throughout the United States. Hearing Dogs, Autism Assistance Dogs (currently just in OR and WA), Facility Dogs (that work with teachers, counselors, and physicians), and Career Change Dogs are free to clients after a $50 application fee and refundable deposit.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.93Overall score
out of 100

94.25Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & 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$3,872,629

Total expenses · USD$3,363,233

Program expenses

$2,771,303.99 recorded amount

82.4%

Fundraising expenses

$343,049.77 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$245,516.01 recorded amount

7.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Blake Matray
Recorded compensation: $141,862.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.21%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Dogs for Better Lives
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1977, Dogs for Better Lives (formerly Dogs for the Deaf) is a national non-profit organization that rescues, trains and places dogs with people who have different disabilities and needs throughout the United States. Hearing Dogs, Autism Assistance Dogs (currently just in OR and WA), Facility Dogs (that work with teachers, counselors, and physicians), and Career Change Dogs are free to clients after a $50 application fee and refundable deposit.
`ein` EIN	93-0681311
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3363233.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.073
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8240000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	94.25
`leader` Recorded leader	Blake Matray
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	141862.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0421
`motto` Tagline	Providing Assistance Dogs since 1977
`name` Charity name	Dogs for Better Lives
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3872629.0
`score` Overall score	95.93
`state` State code	OR
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2771303.992
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	343049.766
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	245516.009

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 93-0681311
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Oregon (OR)
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.