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Special Olympics

EIN 52-0889518Human Services District of Columbia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Sports that creates inclusive communities throughout the world, ending intolerance, injustice, and inactivity.

Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). Through sports, our athletes are seeing themselves for their abilities, not disabilities. Their world is opened with acceptance and understanding. They become confident and empowered by their accomplishments. They are also making new friends, as part of the most inclusive community on the planet -- a global community that is growing every day. Our 4.5 million Special Olympics athletes come from more than 170 countries. The goal of Special Olympics, which was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is to reach out to the almost 200 million people in the world with ID to offer continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.49Overall score
out of 100

88.52Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$129,137,336

Total expenses · USD$110,965,732

Program expenses

$92,101,557.56 recorded amount

83.0%

Fundraising expenses

$14,869,408.09 recorded amount

13.4%

Administrative expenses

$3,883,800.62 recorded amount

3.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mary Davis
Recorded compensation: $453,564.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). Through sports, our athletes are seeing themselves for their abilities, not disabilities. Their world is opened with acceptance and understanding. They become confident and empowered by their accomplishments. They are also making new friends, as part of the most inclusive community on the planet -- a global community that is growing every day. Our 4.5 million Special Olympics athletes come from more than 170 countries. The goal of Special Olympics, which was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is to reach out to the almost 200 million people in the world with ID to offer continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship.
`ein` EIN	52-0889518
`tot_exp` Total expenses	110965732.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.035
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.134
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.83
`fscore` Financial score	88.52
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary Davis
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	453564.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.004
`motto` Tagline	Sports that creates inclusive communities throughout the world, ending intolerance, injustice, and inactivity.
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics
`tot_rev` Total revenue	129137336.0
`score` Overall score	90.49
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	92101557.56
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	14869408.088000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3883800.6200000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-0889518
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.