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Special Olympics Chicago

EIN 23-7026774Human Services Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Supporting Special Olympics Chicago programs since 1969

Special Children's Charities has been supporting Special Olympics Chicago programs since 1969. Created by Jack McHugh, Special Children's Charities' primary mission is to promote, foster and encourage physical and mental health and improvement for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and closely related developmental disabilities. The Special Olympics mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

69.94Overall score
out of 100

93.51Financial score
out of 100

58.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,330,490

Total expenses · USD$1,938,952

Program expenses

$1,547,283.70 recorded amount

79.8%

Fundraising expenses

$234,613.19 recorded amount

12.1%

Administrative expenses

$155,116.16 recorded amount

8.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	58.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Special Children's Charities has been supporting Special Olympics Chicago programs since 1969. Created by Jack McHugh, Special Children's Charities' primary mission is to promote, foster and encourage physical and mental health and improvement for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and closely related developmental disabilities. The Special Olympics mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
`ein` EIN	23-7026774
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1938952.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.121
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7979999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.51
`leader` Recorded leader	This organization did not report a CEO
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Supporting Special Olympics Chicago programs since 1969
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2330490.0
`score` Overall score	69.94
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1547283.6959999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	234613.19199999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	155116.16

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7026774
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.