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Mel Trotter Ministries

EIN 38-1410467Human Services Michigan Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Compassion Demonstrated.

Our mission is to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward the hungry, homeless and hurting of the greater Grand Rapids area.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.29Overall score
out of 100

77.77Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & 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$10,276,735

Total expenses · USD$9,808,537

Program expenses

$7,572,190.56 recorded amount

77.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,333,961.03 recorded amount

13.6%

Administrative expenses

$892,576.87 recorded amount

9.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Dennis Vankampen
Recorded compensation: $93,819.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.95%

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 Mel Trotter Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward the hungry, homeless and hurting of the greater Grand Rapids area.
`ein` EIN	38-1410467
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9808537.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.136
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.772
`fscore` Financial score	77.77
`leader` Recorded leader	Dennis Vankampen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	93819.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0095
`motto` Tagline	Compassion Demonstrated.
`name` Charity name	Mel Trotter Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10276735.0
`score` Overall score	83.29
`state` State code	MI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7572190.564
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1333961.0320000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	892576.867

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 38-1410467
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Homeless Services
Recorded location: Michigan (MI)
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.