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Friends for Life

EIN 26-0020294Animals Texas Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We save animals' lives

Friends for Life saves animals' lives. We find creative ways to do it and are passionate about success at it. Animals are our primary clients and everything we do is based on what is in their best interest individually or as a group. We envision a community in which no animal will be killed for want of a loving home. Shelters accept their rightful responsibility as guardians and protectors of animals and we, as a society, accept no less from them. Shelters will lead by example to promote a larger and more compassionate vision of the way companion animals are valued beginning with refusing to kill them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.85Overall score
out of 100

93.19Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,558,903

Total expenses · USD$1,308,842

Program expenses

$1,031,367.50 recorded amount

78.8%

Fundraising expenses

$150,516.83 recorded amount

11.5%

Administrative expenses

$125,648.83 recorded amount

9.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Salise Shuttlesworth
Recorded compensation: $63,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.81%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Friends for Life
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Friends for Life saves animals' lives. We find creative ways to do it and are passionate about success at it. Animals are our primary clients and everything we do is based on what is in their best interest individually or as a group. We envision a community in which no animal will be killed for want of a loving home. Shelters accept their rightful responsibility as guardians and protectors of animals and we, as a society, accept no less from them. Shelters will lead by example to promote a larger and more compassionate vision of the way companion animals are valued beginning with refusing to kill them.
`ein` EIN	26-0020294
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1308842.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.096
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.115
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7879999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.19
`leader` Recorded leader	Salise Shuttlesworth
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	63000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0481
`motto` Tagline	We save animals' lives
`name` Charity name	Friends for Life
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1558903.0
`score` Overall score	90.85
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1031367.4959999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	150516.83000000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	125648.83200000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 26-0020294
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
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.