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Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

EIN 22-2743917Community Development New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting people, ideas and resources

The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is dedicated to helping donors make the most of their generosity. Since 1919, the Community Foundation has managed endowment funds for individuals, families and organizations, and is currently home to over 800 named funds. Clients choose to work with the Community Foundation because of the flexibility it provides them when directing their gifts, its sound management of clients' charitable assets, and its deep knowledge of community needs and grantmaking.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.13Overall score
out of 100

94.40Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & 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$35,618,700

Total expenses · USD$24,816,523

Program expenses

$22,210,788.09 recorded amount

89.5%

Fundraising expenses

$372,247.84 recorded amount

1.5%

Administrative expenses

$2,183,854.02 recorded amount

8.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker
Recorded compensation: $413,792.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.66%

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 Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is dedicated to helping donors make the most of their generosity. Since 1919, the Community Foundation has managed endowment funds for individuals, families and organizations, and is currently home to over 800 named funds. Clients choose to work with the Community Foundation because of the flexibility it provides them when directing their gifts, its sound management of clients' charitable assets, and its deep knowledge of community needs and grantmaking.
`ein` EIN	22-2743917
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24816523.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.015
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.895
`fscore` Financial score	94.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	413792.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0166
`motto` Tagline	Connecting people, ideas and resources
`name` Charity name	Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
`tot_rev` Total revenue	35618700.0
`score` Overall score	95.13
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	22210788.085
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	372247.845
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2183854.024

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2743917
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.