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ECHO (Everyone Cooperating to Help Others)

EIN 39-1222279Human Services Wisconsin Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Life is an ECHO. What you send out, you get back.

Created in late 1969, ECHO (Everyone Cooperating to Help Others) serves low-income individuals and families in the Janesville area. ECHO has grown from being a food pantry and clothing depot to being a charity organization called upon to help meet temporary housing, food, transportation and other emergency needs for low-income families. ECHO seeks to help people help themselves through its programs and services, not readily available through other sources, and to assist them in utilizing other existing services and programs in the community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.59Overall score
out of 100

90.32Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,208,358

Total expenses · USD$2,388,786

Program expenses

$2,283,679.42 recorded amount

95.6%

Fundraising expenses

$52,553.29 recorded amount

2.2%

Administrative expenses

$50,164.51 recorded amount

2.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Karen Lisser
Recorded compensation: $52,937.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.21%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for ECHO (Everyone Cooperating to Help Others)
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Created in late 1969, ECHO (Everyone Cooperating to Help Others) serves low-income individuals and families in the Janesville area. ECHO has grown from being a food pantry and clothing depot to being a charity organization called upon to help meet temporary housing, food, transportation and other emergency needs for low-income families. ECHO seeks to help people help themselves through its programs and services, not readily available through other sources, and to assist them in utilizing other existing services and programs in the community.
`ein` EIN	39-1222279
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2388786.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.021
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.022000000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.956
`fscore` Financial score	90.32
`leader` Recorded leader	Karen Lisser
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	52937.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.022099999999999998
`motto` Tagline	Life is an ECHO. What you send out, you get back.
`name` Charity name	ECHO (Everyone Cooperating to Help Others)
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2208358.0
`score` Overall score	92.59
`state` State code	WI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2283679.4159999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	52553.29200000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	50164.506

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 39-1222279
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Wisconsin (WI)
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.