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Thornwell Home for Children

EIN 57-0314418Human Services South Carolina Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A joyful Christian community offering hope and wholeness to children and families

Thornwell Home for Children is all about helping children and youth - caring for them, nurturing them, helping prepare them to become the faithful individuals God created them to be. Founded in 1875, today Thornwell is a vital ministry of the Presbyterian Church, serving children and families throughout the three-state region of the Synod of the South Atlantic - South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Each year, Thornwell's referral network receives more than 300 calls from families in crisis; and, each year, more than 120 children find their way to our home. Most come to us battered and broken, frightened, full of sadness and despair. We offer them a safe haven; a warm, loving, family-style community in which to grow and thrive.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.11Overall score
out of 100

96.24Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,358,432

Total expenses · USD$9,386,658

Program expenses

$7,565,646.35 recorded amount

80.6%

Fundraising expenses

$994,985.75 recorded amount

10.6%

Administrative expenses

$807,252.59 recorded amount

8.6%

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: Elliot Smith
Recorded compensation: $130,018.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.38%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Thornwell Home for Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Thornwell Home for Children is all about helping children and youth - caring for them, nurturing them, helping prepare them to become the faithful individuals God created them to be. Founded in 1875, today Thornwell is a vital ministry of the Presbyterian Church, serving children and families throughout the three-state region of the Synod of the South Atlantic - South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Each year, Thornwell's referral network receives more than 300 calls from families in crisis; and, each year, more than 120 children find their way to our home. Most come to us battered and broken, frightened, full of sadness and despair. We offer them a safe haven; a warm, loving, family-style community in which to grow and thrive.
`ein` EIN	57-0314418
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9386658.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.106
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8059999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	96.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Elliot Smith
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	130018.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0138
`motto` Tagline	A joyful Christian community offering hope and wholeness to children and families
`name` Charity name	Thornwell Home for Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10358432.0
`score` Overall score	96.11
`state` State code	SC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7565646.347999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	994985.748
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	807252.588

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 57-0314418
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: South Carolina (SC)
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.