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Special Olympics Washington

EIN 91-0962383Human Services Washington Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Be a fan

Incorporated in 1975, Special Olympics Washington (SOWA) provides year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics Washington provides athletes 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 Olympic athletes, and the community. The vision of Special Olympics is to help bring all persons with intellectual disabilities into the larger society under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected and given the chance to become useful and productive citizens. Four sports seasons are offered each year in 19 different Olympic-type sports.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.40Overall score
out of 100

82.54Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,585,191

Total expenses · USD$4,115,372

Program expenses

$3,366,374.30 recorded amount

81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$469,152.41 recorded amount

11.4%

Administrative expenses

$271,614.55 recorded amount

6.6%

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: Dave Lenox
Recorded compensation: $163,694.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.97%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Special Olympics Washington
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Incorporated in 1975, Special Olympics Washington (SOWA) provides year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics Washington provides athletes 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 Olympic athletes, and the community. The vision of Special Olympics is to help bring all persons with intellectual disabilities into the larger society under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected and given the chance to become useful and productive citizens. Four sports seasons are offered each year in 19 different Olympic-type sports.
`ein` EIN	91-0962383
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4115372.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.066
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.114
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.818
`fscore` Financial score	82.54
`leader` Recorded leader	Dave Lenox
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	163694.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0397
`motto` Tagline	Be a fan
`name` Charity name	Special Olympics Washington
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3585191.0
`score` Overall score	85.4
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3366374.2959999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	469152.408
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	271614.552

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 91-0962383
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Washington (WA)
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.