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Communities Foundation of Texas

EIN 75-0964565Community Development Texas Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Bringing visionary philanthropists and worthy causes together

Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) has been a partner with donors for raising the quality of life in our community for 60 years. CFT provides effective ways to make meaningful charitable contributions while realizing significant tax advantages. When a donor makes a gift to CFT, a charitable deduction can be claimed. We handle the investment of the gift, listen to the donor's priorities and manage its distribution in charitable grants to worthwhile causes. The value of a gift can be granted out completely in a short period of time or it can be nurtured to provide a long legacy of charitable support. Communities Foundation of Texas is now one of the nation's largest community foundations, in terms of total assets, gifts received and grants awarded.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.42Overall score
out of 100

90.10Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$138,859,465

Total expenses · USD$129,532,950

Program expenses

$117,615,918.60 recorded amount

90.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,942,994.25 recorded amount

1.5%

Administrative expenses

$9,844,504.20 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Brent E. Christopher
Recorded compensation: $274,293.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.21%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Communities Foundation of Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) has been a partner with donors for raising the quality of life in our community for 60 years. CFT provides effective ways to make meaningful charitable contributions while realizing significant tax advantages. When a donor makes a gift to CFT, a charitable deduction can be claimed. We handle the investment of the gift, listen to the donor's priorities and manage its distribution in charitable grants to worthwhile causes. The value of a gift can be granted out completely in a short period of time or it can be nurtured to provide a long legacy of charitable support. Communities Foundation of Texas is now one of the nation's largest community foundations, in terms of total assets, gifts received and grants awarded.
`ein` EIN	75-0964565
`tot_exp` Total expenses	129532950.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.076
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.015
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9079999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	90.1
`leader` Recorded leader	Brent E. Christopher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	274293.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0021
`motto` Tagline	Bringing visionary philanthropists and worthy causes together
`name` Charity name	Communities Foundation of Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	138859465.0
`score` Overall score	91.42
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	117615918.6
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1942994.25
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	9844504.2

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 75-0964565
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
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.