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Samaritan House

EIN 23-7416272Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Neighbor helping neighbor

Since 1974, Samaritan House has been serving low-income families and individuals in San Mateo County. Our services are designed to meet the immediate and basic needs of our clients for food, clothing, shelter, health care, worker resources, and counseling services. All of our services and programs are designed to provide quality resources and effective evaluation to our clients in order to help them become more stable and secure in our community. Our Mission is to mobilize the resources of our community to help those among us who are in need, while preserving dignity, promoting self-sufficiency, and providing hope.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.93Overall score
out of 100

94.05Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,202,475

Total expenses · USD$10,205,305

Program expenses

$8,756,151.69 recorded amount

85.8%

Fundraising expenses

$734,781.96 recorded amount

7.2%

Administrative expenses

$704,166.05 recorded amount

6.9%

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: Bart Charlow
Recorded compensation: $175,429.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.71%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Samaritan House
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Since 1974, Samaritan House has been serving low-income families and individuals in San Mateo County. Our services are designed to meet the immediate and basic needs of our clients for food, clothing, shelter, health care, worker resources, and counseling services. All of our services and programs are designed to provide quality resources and effective evaluation to our clients in order to help them become more stable and secure in our community. Our Mission is to mobilize the resources of our community to help those among us who are in need, while preserving dignity, promoting self-sufficiency, and providing hope.
`ein` EIN	23-7416272
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10205305.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.069
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.858
`fscore` Financial score	94.05
`leader` Recorded leader	Bart Charlow
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	175429.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0171
`motto` Tagline	Neighbor helping neighbor
`name` Charity name	Samaritan House
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10202475.0
`score` Overall score	94.93
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8756151.69
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	734781.9600000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	704166.045

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7416272
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.