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The ARK Chicago

EIN 23-7164967Human Services Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Caring for Chicagoland's Jews, One by One

The ARK is a community-funded social services agency with facilities on Chicago's North Side and in suburban Northbrook. Since 1971, The ARK has provided free social and medical services to help distressed members of the Chicagoland Jewish community return to self-reliance. We recognize that many members of the community - Jews from all walks of life, from all parts of Chicagoland - are deeply in need of help and kindness. We work with each person or family in distress to create a personalized and comprehensive care plan that draws upon The ARK's wide array of free social and medical services: food, rent and utility assistance, legal aid, job search assistance, benefits advocacy, psychological therapy and testing, a day program for adults with mental health needs, transitional housing, medical, dental and eye care, pharmaceutical assistance, and more. Our primary goals are to stabilize our clients' situations and assist them in achieving the highest degree of self-reliance possible. Each year, The ARK cares for approximately 4,000 people from throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.71Overall score
out of 100

92.83Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,664,375

Total expenses · USD$6,505,527

Program expenses

$5,386,576.36 recorded amount

82.8%

Fundraising expenses

$474,903.47 recorded amount

7.3%

Administrative expenses

$637,541.65 recorded amount

9.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Marc Swatez
Recorded compensation: $186,586.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.86%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The ARK Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The ARK is a community-funded social services agency with facilities on Chicago's North Side and in suburban Northbrook. Since 1971, The ARK has provided free social and medical services to help distressed members of the Chicagoland Jewish community return to self-reliance. We recognize that many members of the community - Jews from all walks of life, from all parts of Chicagoland - are deeply in need of help and kindness. We work with each person or family in distress to create a personalized and comprehensive care plan that draws upon The ARK's wide array of free social and medical services: food, rent and utility assistance, legal aid, job search assistance, benefits advocacy, psychological therapy and testing, a day program for adults with mental health needs, transitional housing, medical, dental and eye care, pharmaceutical assistance, and more. Our primary goals are to stabilize our clients' situations and assist them in achieving the highest degree of self-reliance possible. Each year, The ARK cares for approximately 4,000 people from throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.
`ein` EIN	23-7164967
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6505527.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.098
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.073
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.828
`fscore` Financial score	92.83
`leader` Recorded leader	Marc Swatez
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	186586.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0286
`motto` Tagline	Caring for Chicagoland's Jews, One by One
`name` Charity name	The ARK Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5664375.0
`score` Overall score	90.71
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5386576.356
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	474903.47099999996
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	637541.6460000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7164967
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.