Charity profile · Historical source record

Fair St. Louis Foundation

EIN 43-1218720Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

America's biggest birthday party

Since 1981, the Fair Saint Louis Foundation (formerly the Veiled Prophet Fair Foundation)- in partnership with the City of St. Louis and the National Park Service- has hosted a spectacular celebration featuring live music, educational activities, air shows and spectacular fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend. The name Fair Saint Louis acknowledges that this free event is produced by Saint Louisans as a gift for Saint Louisans and their guests from all over the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.89Overall score
out of 100

87.04Financial score
out of 100

70.00Accountability & 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$2,076,079

Total expenses · USD$2,149,500

Program expenses

$1,792,683.00 recorded amount

83.4%

Fundraising expenses

$122,521.50 recorded amount

5.7%

Administrative expenses

$229,996.50 recorded amount

10.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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 Fair St. Louis Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	70.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Since 1981, the Fair Saint Louis Foundation (formerly the Veiled Prophet Fair Foundation)- in partnership with the City of St. Louis and the National Park Service- has hosted a spectacular celebration featuring live music, educational activities, air shows and spectacular fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend. The name Fair Saint Louis acknowledges that this free event is produced by Saint Louisans as a gift for Saint Louisans and their guests from all over the world.
`ein` EIN	43-1218720
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2149500.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.107
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8340000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.04
`leader` Recorded leader	This organization did not report a CEO
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	America's biggest birthday party
`name` Charity name	Fair St. Louis Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2076079.0
`score` Overall score	76.89
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1792683.0000000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	122521.5
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	229996.5

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.