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Soles4Souls

EIN 20-4023482International Tennessee Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Wearing Out Poverty

Soles4Souls disrupts the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable jobs and providing relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the organization repurposes product to supply its micro-enterprise, disaster relief and direct assistance programs. Since 2006, it has distributed more than 30 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes in 127 countries.

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$86,882,141

Total expenses · USD$83,106,075

Program expenses

$80,695,998.83 recorded amount

97.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,163,485.05 recorded amount

1.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,080,378.98 recorded amount

1.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Earnest C. Teaster III
Recorded compensation: $304,427.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.36%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Soles4Souls
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Soles4Souls disrupts the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable jobs and providing relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the organization repurposes product to supply its micro-enterprise, disaster relief and direct assistance programs. Since 2006, it has distributed more than 30 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes in 127 countries.
`ein` EIN	20-4023482
`tot_exp` Total expenses	83106075.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.013000000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.971
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Earnest C. Teaster III
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	304427.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0036
`motto` Tagline	Wearing Out Poverty
`name` Charity name	Soles4Souls
`tot_rev` Total revenue	86882141.0
`score` Overall score	98.23
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Humanitarian Relief Supplies
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	80695998.825
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1163485.0499999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1080378.975

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-4023482
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Humanitarian Relief Supplies
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.