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Laura's House

EIN 33-0621826Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Ending the Silence of Domestic Violence.

Laura's House provides domestic violence-related services to the 915,000 residents of Orange County, California and beyond. Since our founding in 1994, Laura's House has provided shelter and support services to more than 5,000 abused women and children and counseling, life skills education and legal assistance to over 55,000 persons. Today, Laura's House continues to be the only state-approved comprehensive domestic violence agency in South Orange County. Annually, Laura's House provides residential shelter services, counseling and legal services to hundreds of women and children. Thousands of crisis calls come in each year on our Crisis Hotline.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.77Overall score
out of 100

96.24Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,894,136

Total expenses · USD$3,677,412

Program expenses

$2,963,994.07 recorded amount

80.6%

Fundraising expenses

$349,354.14 recorded amount

9.5%

Administrative expenses

$360,386.38 recorded amount

9.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Margaret Bayston
Recorded compensation: $189,827.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.16%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Laura's House
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Laura's House provides domestic violence-related services to the 915,000 residents of Orange County, California and beyond. Since our founding in 1994, Laura's House has provided shelter and support services to more than 5,000 abused women and children and counseling, life skills education and legal assistance to over 55,000 persons. Today, Laura's House continues to be the only state-approved comprehensive domestic violence agency in South Orange County. Annually, Laura's House provides residential shelter services, counseling and legal services to hundreds of women and children. Thousands of crisis calls come in each year on our Crisis Hotline.
`ein` EIN	33-0621826
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3677412.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.098
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.095
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8059999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	96.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Margaret Bayston
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	189827.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0516
`motto` Tagline	Ending the Silence of Domestic Violence.
`name` Charity name	Laura's House
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3894136.0
`score` Overall score	91.77
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2963994.0719999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	349354.14
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	360386.376

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 33-0621826
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social 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.