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Family Assistance Ministries

EIN 33-0864870Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Preventing hunger and homelessness in Orange County

Family Assistance Ministries (FAM) is a faith-based charitable non-profit organization assisting those in need in Orange County with resources for food, shelter, and personalized supportive counsel and aid, helping clients bridge the gap from dependency to self-sufficiency. FAM was founded in 1999 by Ellen Gilchrist to accommodate the families that a local church was no longer able to serve. Today FAM provides food, shelter, and client aid to tens of thousands in Orange County. We provide assistance for utilities, transportation, medical, dental, and prescription drugs, as well as financial counseling, free income tax preparation and collaboration with other social services organizations to provide referrals and medical screenings, immunizations, eye glasses, and much more.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.26Overall score
out of 100

86.82Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,428,036

Total expenses · USD$3,786,722

Program expenses

$3,283,087.97 recorded amount

86.7%

Fundraising expenses

$253,710.37 recorded amount

6.7%

Administrative expenses

$246,136.93 recorded amount

6.5%

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: Mary Gray Perdue
Recorded compensation: $130,100.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Family Assistance Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Family Assistance Ministries (FAM) is a faith-based charitable non-profit organization assisting those in need in Orange County with resources for food, shelter, and personalized supportive counsel and aid, helping clients bridge the gap from dependency to self-sufficiency. FAM was founded in 1999 by Ellen Gilchrist to accommodate the families that a local church was no longer able to serve. Today FAM provides food, shelter, and client aid to tens of thousands in Orange County. We provide assistance for utilities, transportation, medical, dental, and prescription drugs, as well as financial counseling, free income tax preparation and collaboration with other social services organizations to provide referrals and medical screenings, immunizations, eye glasses, and much more.
`ein` EIN	33-0864870
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3786722.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.065
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.067
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.867
`fscore` Financial score	86.82
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary Gray Perdue
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	130100.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.034300000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Preventing hunger and homelessness in Orange County
`name` Charity name	Family Assistance Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4428036.0
`score` Overall score	90.26
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3283087.974
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	253710.374
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	246136.93000000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 33-0864870
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.