Charity profile · Historical source record

Locks of Love

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing hairpieces to children suffering from long-term medical hair loss

Founded in 1997, Locks of Love provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Our mission is to return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children. The children receive hair prostheses free of charge. Most of our children suffer from an autoimmune disorder called alopecia areata, which causes the hair follicles to shut down. Other recipients have been victim to severe burns, endured radiation treatment to the brain stem as a treatment for cancer, or suffer from any number of skin disorders that cause permanent hair loss.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.94Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$748,543

Total expenses · USD$765,466

Program expenses

$693,512.20 recorded amount

90.6%

Fundraising expenses

$13,012.92 recorded amount

1.7%

Administrative expenses

$57,409.95 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Linda Borum
Recorded compensation: $61,146.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.98%

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

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All 23 original fields for Locks of Love
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1997, Locks of Love provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Our mission is to return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children. The children receive hair prostheses free of charge. Most of our children suffer from an autoimmune disorder called alopecia areata, which causes the hair follicles to shut down. Other recipients have been victim to severe burns, endured radiation treatment to the brain stem as a treatment for cancer, or suffer from any number of skin disorders that cause permanent hair loss.
`ein` EIN	65-0755522
`tot_exp` Total expenses	765466.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.017
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9059999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Linda Borum
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	61146.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.07980000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Providing hairpieces to children suffering from long-term medical hair loss
`name` Charity name	Locks of Love
`tot_rev` Total revenue	748543.0
`score` Overall score	90.94
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	693512.1959999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	13012.922
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	57409.95

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.