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Lange Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to saving impounded companion animals

The Lange Foundation (a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization) was founded in 1993 by Gillian Lange, recipient of the 1980 City of Los Angeles St. Francis of Assisi award for her rescue work with impounded animals since 1974. Lange founded the Amanda Foundation in 1975. To date the two Foundations have rescued and placed over 25,000 cats, dogs and horses who would otherwise have been destroyed in overcrowded public animal shelters. Lange and a group of dedicated staff and volunteers works and will continue working everyday to help homeless animals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.22Overall score
out of 100

95.58Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,316,248

Total expenses · USD$1,705,600

Program expenses

$1,601,558.40 recorded amount

93.9%

Fundraising expenses

$25,584.00 recorded amount

1.5%

Administrative expenses

$75,046.40 recorded amount

4.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Gillian Lange
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Lange Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Lange Foundation (a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization) was founded in 1993 by Gillian Lange, recipient of the 1980 City of Los Angeles St. Francis of Assisi award for her rescue work with impounded animals since 1974. Lange founded the Amanda Foundation in 1975. To date the two Foundations have rescued and placed over 25,000 cats, dogs and horses who would otherwise have been destroyed in overcrowded public animal shelters. Lange and a group of dedicated staff and volunteers works and will continue working everyday to help homeless animals.
`ein` EIN	95-4407687
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1705600.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.044000000000000004
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.015
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	95.58
`leader` Recorded leader	Gillian Lange
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to saving impounded companion animals
`name` Charity name	Lange Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1316248.0
`score` Overall score	96.22
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1601558.4000000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	25584.0
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	75046.40000000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-4407687
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.