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Thistle Farms

EIN 58-2050089Human Services Tennessee Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Love Heals

Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. We do this by providing a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support. . We believe that in the end, love is the most powerful force for change in the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.43Overall score
out of 100

96.61Financial score
out of 100

84.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,152,103

Total expenses · USD$3,578,410

Program expenses

$2,930,717.79 recorded amount

81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$178,920.50 recorded amount

5.0%

Administrative expenses

$461,614.89 recorded amount

12.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Hal Cato
Recorded compensation: $80,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.23%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Thistle Farms
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	84.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. We do this by providing a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support. . We believe that in the end, love is the most powerful force for change in the world.
`ein` EIN	58-2050089
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3578410.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.129
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.05
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8190000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	96.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Hal Cato
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	80000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0223
`motto` Tagline	Love Heals
`name` Charity name	Thistle Farms
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5152103.0
`score` Overall score	88.43
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2930717.79
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	178920.5
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	461614.89

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-2050089
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.