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St. Mary's Center

EIN 68-0172229Human Services California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming lives, building community, creating change

St. Mary's Center has provided services for low-income seniors, families and preschoolers in Oakland for nearly 40 years. St. Mary's Center responds to the needs of a community that faces the hardships of poverty and isolation. Thousands of people have come to know St. Mary's Center as a community of loving concern. -Our Preschool is a five-day-a-week educational enrichment program for up to 60 poverty level children ages 3 to 5 years. -The Outreach and Advocacy Program annually serves more than 500 seniors helping the frail elderly to live as independently as possible. -The Senior Homeless Program helps 425 seniors with case management, shelter, transitional housing, recovery groups and money management. Our winter shelter is open December 1 to April 30 every year. -The Food for All Ages Program provides meals for 60 seniors 6 days a week, grocery bags for seniors and families, and three meals a day for shelter residents. Over 1000 children enjoy Christmas with gifts and food.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.66Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,906,524

Total expenses · USD$3,039,558

Program expenses

$2,686,969.27 recorded amount

88.4%

Fundraising expenses

$188,452.60 recorded amount

6.2%

Administrative expenses

$161,096.57 recorded amount

5.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Carol Johnson
Recorded compensation: $99,918.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.28%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for St. Mary's Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	St. Mary's Center has provided services for low-income seniors, families and preschoolers in Oakland for nearly 40 years. St. Mary's Center responds to the needs of a community that faces the hardships of poverty and isolation. Thousands of people have come to know St. Mary's Center as a community of loving concern. -Our Preschool is a five-day-a-week educational enrichment program for up to 60 poverty level children ages 3 to 5 years. -The Outreach and Advocacy Program annually serves more than 500 seniors helping the frail elderly to live as independently as possible. -The Senior Homeless Program helps 425 seniors with case management, shelter, transitional housing, recovery groups and money management. Our winter shelter is open December 1 to April 30 every year. -The Food for All Ages Program provides meals for 60 seniors 6 days a week, grocery bags for seniors and families, and three meals a day for shelter residents. Over 1000 children enjoy Christmas with gifts and food.
`ein` EIN	68-0172229
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3039558.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.053
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.062
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.884
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Carol Johnson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	99918.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.032799999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Transforming lives, building community, creating change
`name` Charity name	St. Mary's Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5906524.0
`score` Overall score	96.66
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2686969.272
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	188452.596
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	161096.574

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 68-0172229
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.