Charity profile · Historical source record

Sunnyvale Community Services

EIN 94-1713897Human Services California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Working to prevent homelessness and hunger since 1970

Founded in 1970, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) is an independent emergency assistance agency. Our mission is to prevent homelessness and hunger in our local community. Our vision is a community where everyone has a home with food on the table. As the safety net agency for Sunnyvale and the Alviso neighborhood in north San Jose, SCS provides financial aid, food, case management, and other support for the most vulnerable in our local community. SCS services include financial aid for rent, utilities, and other critical needs; 22 days of food distributions each month; onsite referrals to benefits and services; Kids' "Head to Toe" Backpack, Food, and Shoes Summer Program; Community Holiday Center; WorkFirst Sunnyvale Program for homeless individuals; and Intensive Case Management for families and seniors who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.10Overall score
out of 100

93.08Financial 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$7,091,482

Total expenses · USD$7,426,109

Program expenses

$6,661,219.77 recorded amount

89.7%

Fundraising expenses

$386,157.67 recorded amount

5.2%

Administrative expenses

$363,879.34 recorded amount

4.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 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: Marie Bernard
Recorded compensation: $135,216.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.82%

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 Sunnyvale Community Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1970, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) is an independent emergency assistance agency. Our mission is to prevent homelessness and hunger in our local community. Our vision is a community where everyone has a home with food on the table. As the safety net agency for Sunnyvale and the Alviso neighborhood in north San Jose, SCS provides financial aid, food, case management, and other support for the most vulnerable in our local community. SCS services include financial aid for rent, utilities, and other critical needs; 22 days of food distributions each month; onsite referrals to benefits and services; Kids' "Head to Toe" Backpack, Food, and Shoes Summer Program; Community Holiday Center; WorkFirst Sunnyvale Program for homeless individuals; and Intensive Case Management for families and seniors who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
`ein` EIN	94-1713897
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7426109.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.049
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.897
`fscore` Financial score	93.08
`leader` Recorded leader	Marie Bernard
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	135216.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0182
`motto` Tagline	Working to prevent homelessness and hunger since 1970
`name` Charity name	Sunnyvale Community Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7091482.0
`score` Overall score	95.1
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6661219.773
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	386157.668
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	363879.341

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.