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Helen Woodward Animal Center

EIN 23-7228287Animals California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

People helping animals and animals helping people

Helen Woodward Animal Center is a unique organization in San Diego County that for over 40 years has been committed to the philosophy of people helping animals and animals helping people. The Center's passionate belief that animals help people and people help animals through trust, unconditional love, and respect, creates a legacy of caring. Sharing this philosophy with others, the Center inspires and teaches, locally and globally, the importance of the animal-human bond. Located on 12 acres in Rancho Santa Fe, our nationally recognized Center provides a variety of services that benefit the community through educational and therapeutic programs for people, and humane care and adoption for animals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.77Overall score
out of 100

86.60Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,569,347

Total expenses · USD$10,402,402

Program expenses

$7,604,155.86 recorded amount

73.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,841,225.15 recorded amount

17.7%

Administrative expenses

$936,216.18 recorded amount

9.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.26 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michael Arms
Recorded compensation: $338,189.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.25%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Helen Woodward Animal Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Helen Woodward Animal Center is a unique organization in San Diego County that for over 40 years has been committed to the philosophy of people helping animals and animals helping people. The Center's passionate belief that animals help people and people help animals through trust, unconditional love, and respect, creates a legacy of caring. Sharing this philosophy with others, the Center inspires and teaches, locally and globally, the importance of the animal-human bond. Located on 12 acres in Rancho Santa Fe, our nationally recognized Center provides a variety of services that benefit the community through educational and therapeutic programs for people, and humane care and adoption for animals.
`ein` EIN	23-7228287
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10402402.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.26
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.177
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.731
`fscore` Financial score	86.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael Arms
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	338189.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0325
`motto` Tagline	People helping animals and animals helping people
`name` Charity name	Helen Woodward Animal Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16569347.0
`score` Overall score	85.77
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7604155.862
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1841225.1539999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	936216.1799999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7228287
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and 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.