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Sports Outreach Institute

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Hope plays, hope teaches, hope feeds, hope trains, hope heals

The mission of Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) is to identify and train committed Christian leadership in the effective use of sports ministry, in the spreading of the Gospel message, and in alleviating human suffering. Founded in 1988 with the goal of reaching the poorest communities around the world through the love and eternal hope of the Gospel of Jesus, God has grown SOI to now encompass over 100 staff members in ministry locations throughout the U.S., Latin America and Africa. SOI maintains five major projects: sports ministry, teaching, feeding, training and public health.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.93Overall score
out of 100

80.11Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,852,731

Total expenses · USD$1,923,423

Program expenses

$1,667,607.74 recorded amount

86.7%

Fundraising expenses

$36,545.04 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$215,423.38 recorded amount

11.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Sal Ferlise
Recorded compensation: $69,113.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.59%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Sports Outreach Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) is to identify and train committed Christian leadership in the effective use of sports ministry, in the spreading of the Gospel message, and in alleviating human suffering. Founded in 1988 with the goal of reaching the poorest communities around the world through the love and eternal hope of the Gospel of Jesus, God has grown SOI to now encompass over 100 staff members in ministry locations throughout the U.S., Latin America and Africa. SOI maintains five major projects: sports ministry, teaching, feeding, training and public health.
`ein` EIN	54-1479310
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1923423.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.867
`fscore` Financial score	80.11
`leader` Recorded leader	Sal Ferlise
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	69113.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0359
`motto` Tagline	Hope plays, hope teaches, hope feeds, hope trains, hope heals
`name` Charity name	Sports Outreach Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1852731.0
`score` Overall score	85.93
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1667607.741
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	36545.037
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	215423.376

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.