Charity profile · Historical source record

Teen Challenge of Southern California

EIN 95-2683852Health California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The proven cure for the drug epidemic

Teen Challenge of Southern California was established in 1963 and includes nine regional facilities with seven strategically placed residential facilities throughout Southern California. It is the mission of Teen Challenge to provide youth, adults and children an effective and comprehensive faith-based solution to drug and alcohol addiction as well as other life-controlling problems. Teen Challenge is committed to enabling and equipping those we serve to find freedom from addictive behavior, to become socially and emotionally healthy, physically well and spiritually alive. Last year Teen Challenge served over 200,000 men, women and children in Southern California through its resident and outreach programs.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.26Overall score
out of 100

91.71Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$12,130,362

Total expenses · USD$11,965,819

Program expenses

$10,111,117.05 recorded amount

84.5%

Fundraising expenses

$873,504.79 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$969,231.34 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Ron Brown
Recorded compensation: $135,953.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.13%

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

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All 23 original fields for Teen Challenge of Southern California
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Teen Challenge of Southern California was established in 1963 and includes nine regional facilities with seven strategically placed residential facilities throughout Southern California. It is the mission of Teen Challenge to provide youth, adults and children an effective and comprehensive faith-based solution to drug and alcohol addiction as well as other life-controlling problems. Teen Challenge is committed to enabling and equipping those we serve to find freedom from addictive behavior, to become socially and emotionally healthy, physically well and spiritually alive. Last year Teen Challenge served over 200,000 men, women and children in Southern California through its resident and outreach programs.
`ein` EIN	95-2683852
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11965819.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.845
`fscore` Financial score	91.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Ron Brown
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	135953.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0113
`motto` Tagline	The proven cure for the drug epidemic
`name` Charity name	Teen Challenge of Southern California
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12130362.0
`score` Overall score	90.26
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Treatment and Prevention Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10111117.055
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	873504.7869999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	969231.339

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.