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Foundation For The Carolinas

EIN 56-6047886Community Development North Carolina Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring philanthropy

Established in 1958, Foundation For The Carolinas inspires philanthropy and empowers individuals to create a better community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.34Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & 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$445,365,812

Total expenses · USD$326,772,081

Program expenses

$319,909,867.30 recorded amount

97.9%

Fundraising expenses

$980,316.24 recorded amount

0.3%

Administrative expenses

$5,555,125.38 recorded amount

1.7%

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: Michael Marsicano
Recorded compensation: $555,276.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.16%

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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 Foundation For The Carolinas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1958, Foundation For The Carolinas inspires philanthropy and empowers individuals to create a better community.
`ein` EIN	56-6047886
`tot_exp` Total expenses	326772081.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.017
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.003
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9790000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael Marsicano
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	555276.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0016
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring philanthropy
`name` Charity name	Foundation For The Carolinas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	445365812.0
`score` Overall score	94.34
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	319909867.299
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	980316.243
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5555125.377

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-6047886
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.