Charity profile · Historical source record

"I Have a Dream" Foundation

EIN 13-3355315Education New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering children in low-income communities to achieve higher education

Founded in 1986 by businessman Eugene M. Lang, the "I Have A Dream" Foundation empowers children in low-income communities to achieve higher education and fulfill their leadership potential by providing them with guaranteed tuition support and equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college and beyond. By helping our Dreamers gain access to college, we are putting our Dreamers on a different academic and life trajectory. We sponsor entire grade levels of 50-100 students in under-resourced public schools or housing developments and work with these Dreamers from early elementary school all the way through high school. Upon high school graduation, each Dreamer receives guaranteed tuition assistance for higher education.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.32Overall score
out of 100

79.14Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,471,137

Total expenses · USD$4,097,195

Program expenses

$2,642,690.77 recorded amount

64.5%

Fundraising expenses

$1,003,812.78 recorded amount

24.5%

Administrative expenses

$442,497.06 recorded amount

10.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.21 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Donna Lawrence
Recorded compensation: $262,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.40%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for "I Have a Dream" Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1986 by businessman Eugene M. Lang, the "I Have A Dream" Foundation empowers children in low-income communities to achieve higher education and fulfill their leadership potential by providing them with guaranteed tuition support and equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college and beyond. By helping our Dreamers gain access to college, we are putting our Dreamers on a different academic and life trajectory. We sponsor entire grade levels of 50-100 students in under-resourced public schools or housing developments and work with these Dreamers from early elementary school all the way through high school. Upon high school graduation, each Dreamer receives guaranteed tuition assistance for higher education.
`ein` EIN	13-3355315
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4097195.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.21
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.245
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.645
`fscore` Financial score	79.14
`leader` Recorded leader	Donna Lawrence
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	262500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.064
`motto` Tagline	Empowering children in low-income communities to achieve higher education
`name` Charity name	"I Have a Dream" Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7471137.0
`score` Overall score	83.32
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2642690.775
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1003812.775
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	442497.06000000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3355315
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.