Charity profile · Historical source record

Lantern House

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Existing to aid the poor, needy and homeless

Lantern House exists to aid the poor, needy and homeless by providing them food, shelter and critical emergency services. We provide a hand up rather than a hand out. Our goal is to transition residents from shelter to housing; encouraging their sense of independence, self-sufficiency and self-confidence. We are committed to carry out this mission while treating those who come to us with compassion, dignity and respect.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.66Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

67.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,153,481

Total expenses · USD$2,766,907

Program expenses

$2,501,283.93 recorded amount

90.4%

Fundraising expenses

$41,503.60 recorded amount

1.5%

Administrative expenses

$221,352.56 recorded amount

8.0%

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: Jennifer Canter
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Lantern House
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	67.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Lantern House exists to aid the poor, needy and homeless by providing them food, shelter and critical emergency services. We provide a hand up rather than a hand out. Our goal is to transition residents from shelter to housing; encouraging their sense of independence, self-sufficiency and self-confidence. We are committed to carry out this mission while treating those who come to us with compassion, dignity and respect.
`ein` EIN	87-0368808
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2766907.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.015
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.904
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Jennifer Canter
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Existing to aid the poor, needy and homeless
`name` Charity name	Lantern House
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3153481.0
`score` Overall score	76.66
`state` State code	UT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2501283.928
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	41503.604999999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	221352.56

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.