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Second Helpings

EIN 35-1484281Human Services Indiana Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming Lives through the Power of Food

Second Helpings rescues prepared and perishable food from wholesalers, retailers and restaurants -- preventing unnecessary waste. That rescued food is used to create 3,500 hot, nutritious meals each day that are distributed to 70 social service agencies that feed people in need. The Second Helpings Culinary Job Training program trains disadvantaged adults for careers in the foodservice industry. This helps eliminate hunger at its source. More than 500 adults have graduated from this program, and Second Helpings alumni are now working in Central Indiana as cooks, executive chefs, business owners and culinary instructors. We're more than a soup kitchen or a food pantry - we're a community kitchen.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

98.23Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$14,063,568

Total expenses · USD$6,711,056

Program expenses

$6,100,349.90 recorded amount

90.9%

Fundraising expenses

$375,819.14 recorded amount

5.6%

Administrative expenses

$228,175.90 recorded amount

3.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Jennifer Vigran
Recorded compensation: $75,317.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.12%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Second Helpings
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Second Helpings rescues prepared and perishable food from wholesalers, retailers and restaurants -- preventing unnecessary waste. That rescued food is used to create 3,500 hot, nutritious meals each day that are distributed to 70 social service agencies that feed people in need. The Second Helpings Culinary Job Training program trains disadvantaged adults for careers in the foodservice industry. This helps eliminate hunger at its source. More than 500 adults have graduated from this program, and Second Helpings alumni are now working in Central Indiana as cooks, executive chefs, business owners and culinary instructors. We're more than a soup kitchen or a food pantry - we're a community kitchen.
`ein` EIN	35-1484281
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6711056.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.034
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055999999999999994
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.909
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Jennifer Vigran
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	75317.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011200000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Transforming Lives through the Power of Food
`name` Charity name	Second Helpings
`tot_rev` Total revenue	14063568.0
`score` Overall score	98.23
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6100349.904
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	375819.13599999994
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	228175.904

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 35-1484281
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Indiana (IN)
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.