Charity profile · Historical source record

MUST Ministries

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving our neighbors in need
Since 1971, MUST Ministries a has been dedicated to providing essential services for individuals and families in crisis, while maintaining their dignity. As a non-profit, faith-based organization, MUST helps people break the cycle of poverty and homelessness in eight counties of northwest Metro Atlanta. MUST provides basic necessities such as food, transitional housing, clothing and employment services, free of charge, to help people make their way to long-term stability.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.33Overall score
out of 100
93.06Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & 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$10,362,626
Total expenses · USD$8,989,038

Program expenses

$7,586,748.07 recorded amount
84.4%

Fundraising expenses

$683,166.89 recorded amount
7.6%

Administrative expenses

$710,134.00 recorded amount
7.9%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.07 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
Dwight Reighard
Recorded compensation
$153,202.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.70%

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 MUST Ministries
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Since 1971, MUST Ministries a has been dedicated to providing essential services for individuals and families in crisis, while maintaining their dignity. As a non-profit, faith-based organization, MUST helps people break the cycle of poverty and homelessness in eight counties of northwest Metro Atlanta. MUST provides basic necessities such as food, transitional housing, clothing and employment services, free of charge, to help people make their way to long-term stability.
ein
EIN
58-2034725
tot_exp
Total expenses
8989038.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.079
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.07
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.076
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.8440000000000001
fscore
Financial score
93.06
leader
Recorded leader
Dwight Reighard
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
153202.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.017
motto
Tagline
Serving our neighbors in need
name
Charity name
MUST Ministries
tot_rev
Total revenue
10362626.0
score
Overall score
94.33
state
State code
GA
subcategory
Subcategory
Homeless Services
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
7586748.072000001
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
683166.888
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
710134.002

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.