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Helen Keller Services

EIN 11-1630807Human Services New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired

The mission of Helen Keller Services is to enable individuals who are blind, visually-paired, deaf-blind or have combined hearing-vision loss to live, work and thrive in the communities of their choice. HKS offers services and programs through two divisions: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults and Helen Keller Services for the Blind. Helen Keller National Center is the only comprehensive national program that provides vocational and independent living skills training exclusively to youths and adults with combined vision and hearing loss. Helen Keller Services for the Blind is a comprehensive rehabilitation program serving individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired, and who may have additional disabilities, living in the New York Metropolitan Area.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.89Overall score
out of 100

84.86Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$79,455,781

Total expenses · USD$29,871,110

Program expenses

$24,494,310.20 recorded amount

82.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,075,359.96 recorded amount

3.6%

Administrative expenses

$4,271,568.73 recorded amount

14.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joseph F. Bruno
Recorded compensation: $217,622.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.72%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Helen Keller Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Helen Keller Services is to enable individuals who are blind, visually-paired, deaf-blind or have combined hearing-vision loss to live, work and thrive in the communities of their choice. HKS offers services and programs through two divisions: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults and Helen Keller Services for the Blind. Helen Keller National Center is the only comprehensive national program that provides vocational and independent living skills training exclusively to youths and adults with combined vision and hearing loss. Helen Keller Services for the Blind is a comprehensive rehabilitation program serving individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired, and who may have additional disabilities, living in the New York Metropolitan Area.
`ein` EIN	11-1630807
`tot_exp` Total expenses	29871110.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14300000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.036000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.82
`fscore` Financial score	84.86
`leader` Recorded leader	Joseph F. Bruno
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	217622.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0072
`motto` Tagline	Helping people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired
`name` Charity name	Helen Keller Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	79455781.0
`score` Overall score	87.89
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	24494310.2
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1075359.9600000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4271568.73

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 11-1630807
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.