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Baltimore Community Foundation

EIN 23-7180620Community Development Maryland Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Improving the quality of life in Baltimore

Since 1972, the Baltimore Community Foundation is a philanthropic foundation created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations. BCF serves the community in a variety of ways, including building a civic endowment, a permanent source of charitable support for the Baltimore region; helping donors plan and carry out their charitable giving in Baltimore, the region, and across the country; and working in partnership with others across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, bringing a consistent voice of leadership to critical civic issues. Since its founding, BCF has distributed more $438 million in assets to the Baltimore region, including $26 million in 2015.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.54Overall score
out of 100

86.63Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$27,234,092

Total expenses · USD$29,684,832

Program expenses

$25,439,901.02 recorded amount

85.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,513,926.43 recorded amount

5.1%

Administrative expenses

$2,701,319.71 recorded amount

9.1%

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: Thomas E. Wilcox
Recorded compensation: $300,514.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.01%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Baltimore Community Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Since 1972, the Baltimore Community Foundation is a philanthropic foundation created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations. BCF serves the community in a variety of ways, including building a civic endowment, a permanent source of charitable support for the Baltimore region; helping donors plan and carry out their charitable giving in Baltimore, the region, and across the country; and working in partnership with others across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, bringing a consistent voice of leadership to critical civic issues. Since its founding, BCF has distributed more $438 million in assets to the Baltimore region, including $26 million in 2015.
`ein` EIN	23-7180620
`tot_exp` Total expenses	29684832.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.051
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.857
`fscore` Financial score	86.63
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas E. Wilcox
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	300514.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0101
`motto` Tagline	Improving the quality of life in Baltimore
`name` Charity name	Baltimore Community Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	27234092.0
`score` Overall score	90.54
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	25439901.024
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1513926.4319999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2701319.712

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7180620
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
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.