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The Maryland SPCA

EIN 52-6001558Animals Maryland Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Feel the warmth of a cold nose

Founded in 1869, the Maryland SPCA is dedicated to helping animals and people. Our mission is to improve the lives of pets and people in the community by fostering healthy animal-human relationships. We operate primarily in the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. Our adoption center adopts out over 3,000 needy and unwanted pets each year. We focus on being progressive in the way we run our adoption center. We also work to prevent pet abandonment by being a resource for the community. We offer behavior counseling and training courses to help keep pets in homes. Spay/neuter is also critical to our mission and we provide these services to: our adopted animals, to animals from area rescue groups and shelters, and, in partnership with other groups, to feral cat colonies to reduce overpopulation and suffering.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.12Overall score
out of 100

93.11Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,255,016

Total expenses · USD$6,592,967

Program expenses

$5,168,886.13 recorded amount

78.4%

Fundraising expenses

$830,713.84 recorded amount

12.6%

Administrative expenses

$586,774.06 recorded amount

8.9%

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: James Peirce
Recorded compensation: $126,772.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.92%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Maryland SPCA
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1869, the Maryland SPCA is dedicated to helping animals and people. Our mission is to improve the lives of pets and people in the community by fostering healthy animal-human relationships. We operate primarily in the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. Our adoption center adopts out over 3,000 needy and unwanted pets each year. We focus on being progressive in the way we run our adoption center. We also work to prevent pet abandonment by being a resource for the community. We offer behavior counseling and training courses to help keep pets in homes. Spay/neuter is also critical to our mission and we provide these services to: our adopted animals, to animals from area rescue groups and shelters, and, in partnership with other groups, to feral cat colonies to reduce overpopulation and suffering.
`ein` EIN	52-6001558
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6592967.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08900000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.126
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.784
`fscore` Financial score	93.11
`leader` Recorded leader	James Peirce
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	126772.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0192
`motto` Tagline	Feel the warmth of a cold nose
`name` Charity name	The Maryland SPCA
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6255016.0
`score` Overall score	95.12
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5168886.1280000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	830713.8420000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	586774.0630000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-6001558
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
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.