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Sunshine Ministries

EIN 43-0896665Human Services Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Healing, help, hope

Sunshine Ministries is a non-denominational Christian ministry to the homeless and needy of St. Louis. We serve the men, women and children of our near north side community through Sunshine Mission, our Youth and Family Center and Eagle Lodge. Sunshine Ministries is committed to providing high-quality Christian social services to the poor and needy of St. Louis by offering healing from the past, help for the present, and hope for the future. Since 1903, Sunshine Ministries has been transforming lives . . .helping men, women, and children discover their God-given potential and learn to live a life of meaning and purpose.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.61Overall score
out of 100

80.24Financial score
out of 100

79.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,935,003

Total expenses · USD$1,553,900

Program expenses

$1,198,056.90 recorded amount

77.1%

Fundraising expenses

$293,687.10 recorded amount

18.9%

Administrative expenses

$59,048.20 recorded amount

3.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Carol H. Clarkson
Recorded compensation: $146,270.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.41%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Sunshine Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	79.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Sunshine Ministries is a non-denominational Christian ministry to the homeless and needy of St. Louis. We serve the men, women and children of our near north side community through Sunshine Mission, our Youth and Family Center and Eagle Lodge. Sunshine Ministries is committed to providing high-quality Christian social services to the poor and needy of St. Louis by offering healing from the past, help for the present, and hope for the future. Since 1903, Sunshine Ministries has been transforming lives . . .helping men, women, and children discover their God-given potential and learn to live a life of meaning and purpose.
`ein` EIN	43-0896665
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1553900.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.038
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.18899999999999997
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7709999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	80.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Carol H. Clarkson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	146270.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0941
`motto` Tagline	Healing, help, hope
`name` Charity name	Sunshine Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1935003.0
`score` Overall score	79.61
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1198056.9
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	293687.1
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	59048.2

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-0896665
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Homeless Services
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
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.