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The Woodson Center

EIN 52-1217891Community Development District of Columbia Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming lives and troubled communities for the inside out

The Woodson Center (WC) was founded by Robert L. Woodson, Sr., in 1981 to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities. Originally known as the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, the organization re-branded in 2016 to Woodson Center. WC is headquartered in Washington, DC, but operates throughout the nation to assist community and faith-based organizations with training, technical assistance, and linkages to sources of support. WC documents and interprets their experiences to make recommendations for public policy and works to remove barriers that hamper their efforts to solve societal problems.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.04Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

78.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,344,066

Total expenses · USD$5,621,177

Program expenses

$5,463,784.04 recorded amount

97.2%

Fundraising expenses

$129,287.07 recorded amount

2.3%

Administrative expenses

$22,484.71 recorded amount

0.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Robert Woodson Sr.
Recorded compensation: $312,361.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.55%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Woodson Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	78.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Woodson Center (WC) was founded by Robert L. Woodson, Sr., in 1981 to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities. Originally known as the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, the organization re-branded in 2016 to Woodson Center. WC is headquartered in Washington, DC, but operates throughout the nation to assist community and faith-based organizations with training, technical assistance, and linkages to sources of support. WC documents and interprets their experiences to make recommendations for public policy and works to remove barriers that hamper their efforts to solve societal problems.
`ein` EIN	52-1217891
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5621177.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.004
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.023
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.972
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert Woodson Sr.
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	312361.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0555
`motto` Tagline	Transforming lives and troubled communities for the inside out
`name` Charity name	The Woodson Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6344066.0
`score` Overall score	84.04
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5463784.044
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	129287.071
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	22484.708

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1217891
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.