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Special Olympics of Pennsylvania

EIN 23-2078543Human Services Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Be a fan

Special Olympics of Pennsylvania (SOPA) became an official chapter of Special Olympics, Inc. in 1970. SOPA provides year-round athletic training and athletic competition in over 20 Olympic-type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities and provides them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. Over 20,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and closely related developmental disabilities participate in over 300 local, sectional, and state events. Athletes range in age from eight to 80 and are of all ability levels.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.34Overall score
out of 100

88.27Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,377,389

Total expenses · USD$7,444,959

Program expenses

$5,792,178.10 recorded amount

77.8%

Fundraising expenses

$923,174.92 recorded amount

12.4%

Administrative expenses

$714,716.06 recorded amount

9.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Matthew B. Aaron
Recorded compensation: $191,078.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics of Pennsylvania
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Special Olympics of Pennsylvania (SOPA) became an official chapter of Special Olympics, Inc. in 1970. SOPA provides year-round athletic training and athletic competition in over 20 Olympic-type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities and provides them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. Over 20,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and closely related developmental disabilities participate in over 300 local, sectional, and state events. Athletes range in age from eight to 80 and are of all ability levels.
`ein` EIN	23-2078543
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7444959.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.096
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.124
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.778
`fscore` Financial score	88.27
`leader` Recorded leader	Matthew B. Aaron
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	191078.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0256
`motto` Tagline	Be a fan
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics of Pennsylvania
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7377389.0
`score` Overall score	90.34
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5792178.102
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	923174.916
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	714716.064

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-2078543
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.