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Vitamin Angels

EIN 77-0485881International California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Combating malnutrition with lifesaving vitamins for children and mothers in need.

Vitamin Angels mission is to help at-risk populations in need - specifically pregnant women, new mothers, and children under five - gain access to lifesaving and life changing vitamins and minerals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

98.23Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$89,898,312

Total expenses · USD$85,100,015

Program expenses

$79,313,213.98 recorded amount

93.2%

Fundraising expenses

$3,744,400.66 recorded amount

4.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,872,200.33 recorded amount

2.2%

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: Howard B. Schiffer
Recorded compensation: $245,051.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.28%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Vitamin Angels
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Vitamin Angels mission is to help at-risk populations in need - specifically pregnant women, new mothers, and children under five - gain access to lifesaving and life changing vitamins and minerals.
`ein` EIN	77-0485881
`tot_exp` Total expenses	85100015.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.022000000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.044000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.932
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Howard B. Schiffer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	245051.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0028000000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Combating malnutrition with lifesaving vitamins for children and mothers in need.
`name` Charity name	Vitamin Angels
`tot_rev` Total revenue	89898312.0
`score` Overall score	98.23
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Humanitarian Relief Supplies
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	79313213.98
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3744400.66
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1872200.33

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 77-0485881
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Humanitarian Relief Supplies
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.