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Southern Scholarship Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing qualified students with rent-free housing scholarships at select universities in Florida

Incorporated in 1955, the Southern Scholarship Foundation works to help deserving young people who lack financial resources, but demonstrate excellent academic merit and moral character, attend institutions of higher education. Today the Foundation owns and/or operates a total of 25 scholarship houses; thirteen at Florida State University, three at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, eight at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and one at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers. We are currently housing 400 students and have assisted more than 8,000 students since our inception.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.17Overall score
out of 100

92.80Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,263,723

Total expenses · USD$1,950,039

Program expenses

$1,509,330.19 recorded amount

77.4%

Fundraising expenses

$218,404.37 recorded amount

11.2%

Administrative expenses

$220,354.41 recorded amount

11.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Shawn Woodin
Recorded compensation: $103,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.28%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Southern Scholarship Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Incorporated in 1955, the Southern Scholarship Foundation works to help deserving young people who lack financial resources, but demonstrate excellent academic merit and moral character, attend institutions of higher education. Today the Foundation owns and/or operates a total of 25 scholarship houses; thirteen at Florida State University, three at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, eight at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and one at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers. We are currently housing 400 students and have assisted more than 8,000 students since our inception.
`ein` EIN	59-0939481
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1950039.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.113
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.774
`fscore` Financial score	92.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Shawn Woodin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	103000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0528
`motto` Tagline	Providing qualified students with rent-free housing scholarships at select universities in Florida
`name` Charity name	Southern Scholarship Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5263723.0
`score` Overall score	94.17
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1509330.186
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	218404.368
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	220354.407

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 59-0939481
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.