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Support The Enlisted Project (STEP)

EIN 20-3051279Human Services California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Emergency financial & transition assistance grants to active duty & recently discharged enlisted military & families

Support The Enlisted Project (STEP) provides emergency financial grants and transition assistance grants to active duty and recently discharged enlisted service members and their families. Our service area now includes 19 military installations in Southern California. We serve enlisted families in pay-grades E1 to E6 whether on active duty, or honorably discharged within the past 12 months, to help them successfully reintegrate into civilian life. Whether a military family is in need of a new transmission for their car, or an expectant mother and military spouse needs critical infant items, Support The Enlisted Project (STEP) is here to help with grants, not loans, for unexpected financial hardships. Where there is a need that we do not provide, we will partner with other organizations in the community for the benefit of our Nation's heroes and the families they frequently leave behind. STEP was formerly known as Operation Homefront Southern California from 2005 to 2012.<

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.41Overall score
out of 100

92.10Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,704,376

Total expenses · USD$1,681,670

Program expenses

$1,405,876.12 recorded amount

83.6%

Fundraising expenses

$134,533.60 recorded amount

8.0%

Administrative expenses

$139,578.61 recorded amount

8.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Tony Teravainen
Recorded compensation: $122,131.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.26%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Support The Enlisted Project (STEP)
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Support The Enlisted Project (STEP) provides emergency financial grants and transition assistance grants to active duty and recently discharged enlisted service members and their families. Our service area now includes 19 military installations in Southern California. We serve enlisted families in pay-grades E1 to E6 whether on active duty, or honorably discharged within the past 12 months, to help them successfully reintegrate into civilian life. Whether a military family is in need of a new transmission for their car, or an expectant mother and military spouse needs critical infant items, Support The Enlisted Project (STEP) is here to help with grants, not loans, for unexpected financial hardships. Where there is a need that we do not provide, we will partner with other organizations in the community for the benefit of our Nation's heroes and the families they frequently leave behind. STEP was formerly known as Operation Homefront Southern California from 2005 to 2012.<
`ein` EIN	20-3051279
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1681670.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.083
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.836
`fscore` Financial score	92.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Tony Teravainen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	122131.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0726
`motto` Tagline	Emergency financial & transition assistance grants to active duty & recently discharged enlisted military & families
`name` Charity name	Support The Enlisted Project (STEP)
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1704376.0
`score` Overall score	94.41
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1405876.1199999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	134533.6
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	139578.61000000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-3051279
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.