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South Boston Neighborhood House

EIN 04-2104807Human Services Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Impacting the lives of 2000 individuals each year from infants to nonagenarians

Founded in 1907, The South Boston Neighborhood House impacts the lives of 2000 individuals each year from infants to nonagenarians. Our focus is families and our five program and service areas, Early Education & Care Preschool, School Age Programs, Education & Career Development, Senior Programs and Family Engagement, are designed to work together to strengthen the fabric of family and community life through education and opportunity. The South Boston Neighborhood House is the oldest continually operating human service agency in South Boston, and the community's only independent multi-service provider. As an independent and stand-alone agency, South Boston Neighborhood House can be flexible, rapid in our response to community needs and at the forefront of community issues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.90Overall score
out of 100

78.65Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,658,533

Total expenses · USD$1,756,067

Program expenses

$1,281,928.91 recorded amount

73.0%

Fundraising expenses

$156,289.96 recorded amount

8.9%

Administrative expenses

$314,335.99 recorded amount

17.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kathleen Lafferty
Recorded compensation: $93,494.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.32%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for South Boston Neighborhood House
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1907, The South Boston Neighborhood House impacts the lives of 2000 individuals each year from infants to nonagenarians. Our focus is families and our five program and service areas, Early Education & Care Preschool, School Age Programs, Education & Career Development, Senior Programs and Family Engagement, are designed to work together to strengthen the fabric of family and community life through education and opportunity. The South Boston Neighborhood House is the oldest continually operating human service agency in South Boston, and the community's only independent multi-service provider. As an independent and stand-alone agency, South Boston Neighborhood House can be flexible, rapid in our response to community needs and at the forefront of community issues.
`ein` EIN	04-2104807
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1756067.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.179
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08900000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.73
`fscore` Financial score	78.65
`leader` Recorded leader	Kathleen Lafferty
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	93494.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.053200000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Impacting the lives of 2000 individuals each year from infants to nonagenarians
`name` Charity name	South Boston Neighborhood House
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1658533.0
`score` Overall score	84.9
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1281928.91
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	156289.96300000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	314335.99299999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2104807
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.