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Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Finding forever families for children in foster care

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is America's only nonprofit public charity dedicated exclusively to finding permanent homes for the 110,000 children waiting in foster care to be adopted. We are driven by Dave's vision: to make sure every child has a permanent and loving family. In our unwavering pursuit of this goal, we provide funds to adoption agencies that hire specially-trained adoption recruiters whose sole mission is to find permanent, loving families for the children most at risk of aging out of foster care without being adopted. We increase awareness across the nation about waiting children and the process to adopt. We raise funds to support our awareness and advocacy programs. We offer free resources to professionals, and prospective and adoptive parents. Because we depend on people like you to help us fulfill our mission, please visit davethomasfoundation.org, or call 1-800-ASK-DTFA to find out how you can help.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.29Overall score
out of 100

96.62Financial 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$33,847,572

Total expenses · USD$24,102,108

Program expenses

$22,005,224.60 recorded amount

91.3%

Fundraising expenses

$1,205,105.40 recorded amount

5.0%

Administrative expenses

$843,573.78 recorded amount

3.5%

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: Rita L. Soronen
Recorded compensation: $253,896.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.05%

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

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All 23 original fields for Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is America's only nonprofit public charity dedicated exclusively to finding permanent homes for the 110,000 children waiting in foster care to be adopted. We are driven by Dave's vision: to make sure every child has a permanent and loving family. In our unwavering pursuit of this goal, we provide funds to adoption agencies that hire specially-trained adoption recruiters whose sole mission is to find permanent, loving families for the children most at risk of aging out of foster care without being adopted. We increase awareness across the nation about waiting children and the process to adopt. We raise funds to support our awareness and advocacy programs. We offer free resources to professionals, and prospective and adoptive parents. Because we depend on people like you to help us fulfill our mission, please visit davethomasfoundation.org, or call 1-800-ASK-DTFA to find out how you can help.
`ein` EIN	31-1356151
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24102108.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.035
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.05
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9129999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	96.62
`leader` Recorded leader	Rita L. Soronen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	253896.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0105
`motto` Tagline	Finding forever families for children in foster care
`name` Charity name	Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
`tot_rev` Total revenue	33847572.0
`score` Overall score	96.29
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	22005224.604
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1205105.4000000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	843573.78

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.