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Special Olympics Louisiana

EIN 72-0706608Human Services Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Be a fan

Special Olympics Louisiana began in 1968 when 11 athletes from Belle Chasse State School competed in the first International Special Olympics Games in Chicago. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all 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. Currently, more than 13,500 children and adults with intellectual disabilities in Louisiana participate in more than 100 local competitions in the 13 SOLA Areas and state-level competitions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.42Overall score
out of 100

68.89Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,452,714

Total expenses · USD$1,807,182

Program expenses

$1,281,292.04 recorded amount

70.9%

Fundraising expenses

$365,050.76 recorded amount

20.2%

Administrative expenses

$157,224.83 recorded amount

8.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.36 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patricia Bourgeois
Recorded compensation: $140,440.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.77%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics Louisiana
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Special Olympics Louisiana began in 1968 when 11 athletes from Belle Chasse State School competed in the first International Special Olympics Games in Chicago. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all 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. Currently, more than 13,500 children and adults with intellectual disabilities in Louisiana participate in more than 100 local competitions in the 13 SOLA Areas and state-level competitions.
`ein` EIN	72-0706608
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1807182.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.087
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.36
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.20199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7090000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	68.89
`leader` Recorded leader	Patricia Bourgeois
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	140440.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.07769999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Be a fan
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics Louisiana
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1452714.0
`score` Overall score	76.42
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1281292.0380000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	365050.76399999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	157224.834

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 72-0706608
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Louisiana (LA)
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.