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Wholesome Wave

EIN 26-0352899Human Services Connecticut Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Increasing affordable access to healthy, local food

Wholesome Wave empowers under-served consumers to make healthier food choices by increasing affordable access to fresh, local food. 44M Americans spend $70B in SNAP (food stamps) annually, plus $63B of their own money on groceries = $133B annually!

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.30Overall score
out of 100

72.43Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,294,007

Total expenses · USD$6,237,349

Program expenses

$4,721,673.19 recorded amount

75.7%

Fundraising expenses

$642,446.95 recorded amount

10.3%

Administrative expenses

$866,991.51 recorded amount

13.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: Michel Nischan
Recorded compensation: $243,038.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.89%

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

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Wholesome Wave
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Wholesome Wave empowers under-served consumers to make healthier food choices by increasing affordable access to fresh, local food. 44M Americans spend $70B in SNAP (food stamps) annually, plus $63B of their own money on groceries = $133B annually!
`ein` EIN	26-0352899
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6237349.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.139
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.757
`fscore` Financial score	72.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Michel Nischan
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	243038.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.038900000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Increasing affordable access to healthy, local food
`name` Charity name	Wholesome Wave
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6294007.0
`score` Overall score	80.3
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4721673.193
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	642446.947
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	866991.511

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 26-0352899
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
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.