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Special Olympics Florida

EIN 23-7181560Human Services Florida Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Be a fan

Special Olympics Florida was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations in the state. The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.61Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,870,549

Total expenses · USD$13,729,105

Program expenses

$11,724,655.67 recorded amount

85.4%

Fundraising expenses

$1,441,556.02 recorded amount

10.5%

Administrative expenses

$535,435.09 recorded amount

3.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: Sherry Wheelock
Recorded compensation: $177,814.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.29%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics Florida
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Special Olympics Florida was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations in the state. The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large.
`ein` EIN	23-7181560
`tot_exp` Total expenses	13729105.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.039
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.105
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8540000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Sherry Wheelock
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	177814.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0129
`motto` Tagline	Be a fan
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics Florida
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12870549.0
`score` Overall score	92.61
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11724655.670000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1441556.025
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	535435.095

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7181560
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Florida (FL)
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.