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Free Wheelchair Mission

EIN 31-1781635International California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming lives through the gift of mobility

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to providing wheelchairs to individuals with physical challenges in the developing world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.18Overall score
out of 100

81.88Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,201,732

Total expenses · USD$9,315,991

Program expenses

$7,434,160.82 recorded amount

79.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,322,870.72 recorded amount

14.2%

Administrative expenses

$540,327.48 recorded amount

5.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: Donald Schoendorfer
Recorded compensation: $173,732.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.86%

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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 Free Wheelchair Mission
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to providing wheelchairs to individuals with physical challenges in the developing world.
`ein` EIN	31-1781635
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9315991.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.142
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7979999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	81.88
`leader` Recorded leader	Donald Schoendorfer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	173732.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.018600000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Transforming lives through the gift of mobility
`name` Charity name	Free Wheelchair Mission
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10201732.0
`score` Overall score	87.18
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7434160.817999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1322870.7219999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	540327.478

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1781635
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief 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.