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Summit Speech School

EIN 22-1829502Education New Jersey Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping New Jersey's children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Summit Speech School, located in New Providence, New Jersey, was founded in 1967. The school is one of only 51 private oral/OPTION schools in the country and the first in New Jersey teaching children who are deaf and hard of hearing to listen and talk without the use of sign language. Using intensive speech, language and auditory training sessions, along with FM systems, their own hearing aids, and cochlear implants, the children learn to maximize their listening, language and speaking skills. Approximately 3,000 children from more than 230 communities throughout New Jersey have attended the school. It is the mission of Summit Speech School to enable children who are deaf or hard of hearing to take their place in a hearing world by providing superior educational and therapeutic support services through an auditory/oral program.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.56Overall score
out of 100

67.24Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,005,952

Total expenses · USD$4,019,719

Program expenses

$2,761,546.95 recorded amount

68.7%

Fundraising expenses

$418,050.78 recorded amount

10.4%

Administrative expenses

$832,081.83 recorded amount

20.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.44 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Pamela Paskowitz
Recorded compensation: $113,142.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.81%

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All 23 original fields for Summit Speech School
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Summit Speech School, located in New Providence, New Jersey, was founded in 1967. The school is one of only 51 private oral/OPTION schools in the country and the first in New Jersey teaching children who are deaf and hard of hearing to listen and talk without the use of sign language. Using intensive speech, language and auditory training sessions, along with FM systems, their own hearing aids, and cochlear implants, the children learn to maximize their listening, language and speaking skills. Approximately 3,000 children from more than 230 communities throughout New Jersey have attended the school. It is the mission of Summit Speech School to enable children who are deaf or hard of hearing to take their place in a hearing world by providing superior educational and therapeutic support services through an auditory/oral program.
`ein` EIN	22-1829502
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4019719.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.207
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.44
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.687
`fscore` Financial score	67.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Pamela Paskowitz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	113142.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0281
`motto` Tagline	Helping New Jersey's children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
`name` Charity name	Summit Speech School
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4005952.0
`score` Overall score	75.56
`state` State code	NJ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Special Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2761546.953
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	418050.776
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	832081.833

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-1829502
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Special Education
Recorded location: New Jersey (NJ)
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.