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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell

EIN 04-3123186Community Development Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Help build a house into a home

Founded in 1991, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell (HFHGL) is an organization that works to strengthen families and communities through affordable homeownership opportunities. HFHGL works in partnership with corporations, like-minded community groups, faith-based organizations, and individual volunteers to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating simple, decent, energy efficient, affordable homes. Not only do Habitat families pay for their homes through a monthly mortgage, they also put in between 225 and 400 hours of sweat equity prior to becoming homeowners.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.16Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,277,301

Total expenses · USD$1,238,535

Program expenses

$1,082,479.59 recorded amount

87.4%

Fundraising expenses

$108,991.08 recorded amount

8.8%

Administrative expenses

$45,825.80 recorded amount

3.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Brenda Gould
Recorded compensation: $102,454.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.27%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1991, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell (HFHGL) is an organization that works to strengthen families and communities through affordable homeownership opportunities. HFHGL works in partnership with corporations, like-minded community groups, faith-based organizations, and individual volunteers to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating simple, decent, energy efficient, affordable homes. Not only do Habitat families pay for their homes through a monthly mortgage, they also put in between 225 and 400 hours of sweat equity prior to becoming homeowners.
`ein` EIN	04-3123186
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1238535.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8740000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Brenda Gould
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	102454.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0827
`motto` Tagline	Help build a house into a home
`name` Charity name	Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1277301.0
`score` Overall score	91.16
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1082479.59
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	108991.08000000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	45825.795000000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-3123186
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.