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Senior Services

EIN 56-1085968Human Services North Carolina Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping our elderly live with dignity

Our mission is to help older adults remain at home as long as possible and to help them live with dignity. With concern for those who care for senior adults, we also help caregivers through services and education that will benefit them. Individuals who cannot afford to pay for services are of special concern to Senior Services and receive assistance to every extent possible through philanthropic contributions and available public funds.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.38Overall score
out of 100

94.85Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,434,496

Total expenses · USD$6,935,007

Program expenses

$6,179,091.24 recorded amount

89.1%

Fundraising expenses

$533,995.54 recorded amount

7.7%

Administrative expenses

$214,985.22 recorded amount

3.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: T Lee Covington
Recorded compensation: $112,925.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.62%

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 Senior Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to help older adults remain at home as long as possible and to help them live with dignity. With concern for those who care for senior adults, we also help caregivers through services and education that will benefit them. Individuals who cannot afford to pay for services are of special concern to Senior Services and receive assistance to every extent possible through philanthropic contributions and available public funds.
`ein` EIN	56-1085968
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6935007.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.031
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.077
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	94.85
`leader` Recorded leader	T Lee Covington
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	112925.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.016200000000000003
`motto` Tagline	Helping our elderly live with dignity
`name` Charity name	Senior Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6434496.0
`score` Overall score	95.38
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6179091.237
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	533995.539
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	214985.217

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-1085968
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.