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Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

EIN 77-0326685Human Services California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping neighbors feed neighbors

Founded in 1972, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County educates and involves individuals to end hunger and alleviate malnutrition in our communities. Second Harvest began by distributing food from a parking lot in Santa Cruz to groups operating the Breakfast For Kids programs. Today, Second Harvest distributes over 8 million pounds of food per year to local hungry families, children, individuals and seniors in our community through 200 partner agencies and programs. Our core values of community engagement, empowerment, diversity empathy, respect, social justice and trust and integrity govern our relationships with each other and with the community at large, ensuring that we stay true to our mission everyday.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.74Overall score
out of 100

89.74Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$19,313,307

Total expenses · USD$19,193,561

Program expenses

$18,253,076.51 recorded amount

95.1%

Fundraising expenses

$556,613.27 recorded amount

2.9%

Administrative expenses

$345,484.10 recorded amount

1.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Willy Elliot-McCrea
Recorded compensation: $173,496.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.90%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1972, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County educates and involves individuals to end hunger and alleviate malnutrition in our communities. Second Harvest began by distributing food from a parking lot in Santa Cruz to groups operating the Breakfast For Kids programs. Today, Second Harvest distributes over 8 million pounds of food per year to local hungry families, children, individuals and seniors in our community through 200 partner agencies and programs. Our core values of community engagement, empowerment, diversity empathy, respect, social justice and trust and integrity govern our relationships with each other and with the community at large, ensuring that we stay true to our mission everyday.
`ein` EIN	77-0326685
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19193561.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.018000000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.028999999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.951
`fscore` Financial score	89.74
`leader` Recorded leader	Willy Elliot-McCrea
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	173496.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.009000000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Helping neighbors feed neighbors
`name` Charity name	Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County
`tot_rev` Total revenue	19313307.0
`score` Overall score	92.74
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	18253076.511
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	556613.269
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	345484.09800000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 77-0326685
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.