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Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries

EIN 46-3773017Human Services Connecticut Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Feeding the Hungry Along the Shoreline

For 29 years, The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries (SSKP) has provided food and fellowship to residents in need along the Connecticut shoreline by providing hot meals and groceries. We serve the towns of Essex, Chester, Clinton, Madison, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, Lyme, Old Lyme, Killingworth, Westbrook & Deep River. Last year 8,029 people registered at our food pantries, and our guests received enough food for 1,134,143 meals. Our pantries distributed 1,389,316 pounds of food in 2017. Home-style meals are served daily at one of our 9 meal sites. Groceries are available each week at one of our 5 pantries. When a guest attends our pantry, they receive enough food for 3 meals worth of food for 3 days for each member of their household. All of SSKP's sites are located in faith communities, and we employ only a small staff, operating with the assistance of over 900 caring volunteers.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.84Overall score
out of 100

91.30Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,487,391

Total expenses · USD$1,555,411

Program expenses

$1,354,762.98 recorded amount

87.1%

Fundraising expenses

$82,436.78 recorded amount

5.3%

Administrative expenses

$115,100.41 recorded amount

7.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patricia Dowling
Recorded compensation: $39,177.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.51%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	For 29 years, The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries (SSKP) has provided food and fellowship to residents in need along the Connecticut shoreline by providing hot meals and groceries. We serve the towns of Essex, Chester, Clinton, Madison, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, Lyme, Old Lyme, Killingworth, Westbrook & Deep River. Last year 8,029 people registered at our food pantries, and our guests received enough food for 1,134,143 meals. Our pantries distributed 1,389,316 pounds of food in 2017. Home-style meals are served daily at one of our 9 meal sites. Groceries are available each week at one of our 5 pantries. When a guest attends our pantry, they receive enough food for 3 meals worth of food for 3 days for each member of their household. All of SSKP's sites are located in faith communities, and we employ only a small staff, operating with the assistance of over 900 caring volunteers.
`ein` EIN	46-3773017
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1555411.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.053
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.871
`fscore` Financial score	91.3
`leader` Recorded leader	Patricia Dowling
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	39177.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.025099999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Feeding the Hungry Along the Shoreline
`name` Charity name	Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1487391.0
`score` Overall score	93.84
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1354762.981
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	82436.783
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	115100.41400000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 46-3773017
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.