Charity profile · Historical source record

Goodwill Southern California

EIN 95-1641441Human Services California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming lives through the power of work

Founded in 1916, Goodwill Southern California (GSC) serves persons with disabilities or other vocational disadvantages, and local businesses seeking qualified employees, by providing education, skills training, work experience and job placement services. More than 35,000 people and businesses benefit from GSC's education, job training and placement programs annually. GSC cares for the Earth, too, by recycling more than 100 million pounds of textiles, household goods, paper, and electronics each year. GSC operates 82 retail stores, 44 attended donation centers, three campuses, four WorkSource Center, and 23 job service sites in the counties of Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Avenue), Riverside and San Bernardino.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.46Overall score
out of 100

76.96Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$226,617,567

Total expenses · USD$227,386,599

Program expenses

$214,425,562.86 recorded amount

94.3%

Fundraising expenses

$1,819,092.79 recorded amount

0.8%

Administrative expenses

$10,914,556.75 recorded amount

4.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: John P. McClenahan
Recorded compensation: $595,004.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.26%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Goodwill Southern California
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1916, Goodwill Southern California (GSC) serves persons with disabilities or other vocational disadvantages, and local businesses seeking qualified employees, by providing education, skills training, work experience and job placement services. More than 35,000 people and businesses benefit from GSC's education, job training and placement programs annually. GSC cares for the Earth, too, by recycling more than 100 million pounds of textiles, household goods, paper, and electronics each year. GSC operates 82 retail stores, 44 attended donation centers, three campuses, four WorkSource Center, and 23 job service sites in the counties of Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Avenue), Riverside and San Bernardino.
`ein` EIN	95-1641441
`tot_exp` Total expenses	227386599.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.048
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.008
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.943
`fscore` Financial score	76.96
`leader` Recorded leader	John P. McClenahan
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	595004.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0026
`motto` Tagline	Transforming lives through the power of work
`name` Charity name	Goodwill Southern California
`tot_rev` Total revenue	226617567.0
`score` Overall score	83.46
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	214425562.857
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1819092.7920000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	10914556.752

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-1641441
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.