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Fund for Public Schools

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to improving New York City's public schools

The Fund for Public Schools works to attract private investment in school reform and to encourage greater involvement of all New Yorkers in the education of our children. This includes working to secure critical funding for system-wide education reform initiatives; facilitating strategic public-private partnerships; managing a targeted set of programs to support city schools; and building city-wide public awareness. In 2002 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein established public-private partnerships as a critical means of supporting public education reform, and The Fund is the primary vehicle for advancing this effort. The Fund has secured unprecedented investment, raising more than $230 million for system-wide reforms and initiatives that support individual schools.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.22Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$15,322,170

Total expenses · USD$19,758,680

Program expenses

$17,684,018.60 recorded amount

89.5%

Fundraising expenses

$375,414.92 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$1,679,487.80 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Sarah Geisenheimer
Recorded compensation: $141,259.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.71%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Fund for Public Schools
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Fund for Public Schools works to attract private investment in school reform and to encourage greater involvement of all New Yorkers in the education of our children. This includes working to secure critical funding for system-wide education reform initiatives; facilitating strategic public-private partnerships; managing a targeted set of programs to support city schools; and building city-wide public awareness. In 2002 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein established public-private partnerships as a critical means of supporting public education reform, and The Fund is the primary vehicle for advancing this effort. The Fund has secured unprecedented investment, raising more than $230 million for system-wide reforms and initiatives that support individual schools.
`ein` EIN	11-2656137
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19758680.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.895
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Sarah Geisenheimer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	141259.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0070999999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to improving New York City's public schools
`name` Charity name	Fund for Public Schools
`tot_rev` Total revenue	15322170.0
`score` Overall score	88.22
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17684018.6
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	375414.92
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1679487.8

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 11-2656137
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
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.