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Tri Lakes Cares

EIN 74-2501356Human Services Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Improving people's lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs.

Tri-Lakes Cares is a community based, volunteer supported resource center whose purpose is to improve people's lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs. Since 1984, we have been meeting our clients' most basic needs while helping them move towards self-sufficiency. As the only food pantry and human services organization located in and serving the Tri-Lakes region of northern El Paso County, we are a critical resource for those in need.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.28Overall score
out of 100

84.85Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,292,983

Total expenses · USD$1,396,725

Program expenses

$1,190,009.70 recorded amount

85.2%

Fundraising expenses

$111,738.00 recorded amount

8.0%

Administrative expenses

$93,580.58 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Haley Chapin
Recorded compensation: $81,854.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.86%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Tri Lakes Cares
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Tri-Lakes Cares is a community based, volunteer supported resource center whose purpose is to improve people's lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs. Since 1984, we have been meeting our clients' most basic needs while helping them move towards self-sufficiency. As the only food pantry and human services organization located in and serving the Tri-Lakes region of northern El Paso County, we are a critical resource for those in need.
`ein` EIN	74-2501356
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1396725.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.852
`fscore` Financial score	84.85
`leader` Recorded leader	Haley Chapin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	81854.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.058600000000000006
`motto` Tagline	Improving people's lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs.
`name` Charity name	Tri Lakes Cares
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1292983.0
`score` Overall score	89.28
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1190009.7
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	111738.0
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	93580.57500000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-2501356
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.