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Project Open Hand

EIN 94-3023551Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Meals with Love

Founded in 1985, Project Open Hand is a nonprofit organization that provides 'meals with love' to the sick and vulnerable in our community. Our food is like medicine, helping clients recover from illness, get stronger, and lead healthier lives. Every day, we prepare 2,500 nutritious meals and provide 200 bags of healthy groceries to help sustain our clients as they battle serious illnesses, isolation, or the health challenges of old age. We serve San Francisco and Alameda Counties, engaging more than 125 volunteers every day to nourish our neighbors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.66Overall score
out of 100

80.64Financial score
out of 100

94.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,092,503

Total expenses · USD$11,701,451

Program expenses

$8,565,462.13 recorded amount

73.2%

Fundraising expenses

$2,059,455.38 recorded amount

17.6%

Administrative expenses

$1,053,130.59 recorded amount

9.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mark Ryle
Recorded compensation: $171,475.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Project Open Hand
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	94.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1985, Project Open Hand is a nonprofit organization that provides 'meals with love' to the sick and vulnerable in our community. Our food is like medicine, helping clients recover from illness, get stronger, and lead healthier lives. Every day, we prepare 2,500 nutritious meals and provide 200 bags of healthy groceries to help sustain our clients as they battle serious illnesses, isolation, or the health challenges of old age. We serve San Francisco and Alameda Counties, engaging more than 125 volunteers every day to nourish our neighbors.
`ein` EIN	94-3023551
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11701451.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.17600000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.732
`fscore` Financial score	80.64
`leader` Recorded leader	Mark Ryle
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	171475.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0146
`motto` Tagline	Meals with Love
`name` Charity name	Project Open Hand
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11092503.0
`score` Overall score	85.66
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8565462.132
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2059455.3760000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1053130.5899999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3023551
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.