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Melwood

EIN 52-0857690Human Services Maryland Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Growing Opportunities

Melwood advocates for and empowers individuals of differing abilities to transform their own lives through unique opportunities to work and play in the community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.33Overall score
out of 100

73.09Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$89,833,694

Total expenses · USD$89,195,314

Program expenses

$75,370,040.33 recorded amount

84.5%

Fundraising expenses

$2,854,250.05 recorded amount

3.2%

Administrative expenses

$10,792,632.99 recorded amount

12.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.58 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: Carol Ann Desantis
Recorded compensation: $416,321.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.46%

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 Melwood
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Melwood advocates for and empowers individuals of differing abilities to transform their own lives through unique opportunities to work and play in the community.
`ein` EIN	52-0857690
`tot_exp` Total expenses	89195314.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.121
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.58
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.032
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.845
`fscore` Financial score	73.09
`leader` Recorded leader	Carol Ann Desantis
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	416321.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0046
`motto` Tagline	Growing Opportunities
`name` Charity name	Melwood
`tot_rev` Total revenue	89833694.0
`score` Overall score	80.33
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	75370040.33
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2854250.048
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	10792632.993999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-0857690
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.