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Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund

EIN 36-3675466Education Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Igniting potential, enriching lives

The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation (DMSF) was founded in 1989 to enrich the lives of Chicago youth by providing them with educational opportunities they would otherwise be unable to access. DMSF's mission is to provide bright, economically disadvantaged Chicago students with four-year high school scholarships and wraparound academic and social emotional support services to in order to ensure they are properly prepared for college. DMSF works to ensure that financial constraints do not hinder a young person's ability to obtain a quality education and offers access to programming, mentoring, and guidance to excel in high school and matriculate to college.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.96Overall score
out of 100

87.22Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,594,362

Total expenses · USD$3,844,516

Program expenses

$2,894,920.55 recorded amount

75.3%

Fundraising expenses

$638,189.66 recorded amount

16.6%

Administrative expenses

$307,561.28 recorded amount

8.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Andrew B. David
Recorded compensation: $157,835.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.10%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation (DMSF) was founded in 1989 to enrich the lives of Chicago youth by providing them with educational opportunities they would otherwise be unable to access. DMSF's mission is to provide bright, economically disadvantaged Chicago students with four-year high school scholarships and wraparound academic and social emotional support services to in order to ensure they are properly prepared for college. DMSF works to ensure that financial constraints do not hinder a young person's ability to obtain a quality education and offers access to programming, mentoring, and guidance to excel in high school and matriculate to college.
`ein` EIN	36-3675466
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3844516.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.166
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.753
`fscore` Financial score	87.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Andrew B. David
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	157835.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.040999999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Igniting potential, enriching lives
`name` Charity name	Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3594362.0
`score` Overall score	90.96
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2894920.548
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	638189.6560000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	307561.28

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3675466
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.