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South Africa Development Fund

EIN 22-2674813International Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing services and resources to communities disadvantaged by decades of apartheid policies

The South Africa Development Fund (SADF), formerly known as Fund for a Free South Africa, was established in 1985 by a group of South Africans living in exile in the United States. SADF provides grants to community-based organizations committed to non-sexist, non-racial, democratic practices and which address human rights through health, education, economic development, environmental justice and democracy-building. SADF seeks to use philanthropy to promote grassroots activism aimed at providing services and resources to communities disadvantaged by decades of apartheid policies. SADF has used its grantmaking to focus on the needs of the most disadvantaged sectors of South Africa: women, children, rural people, unemployed, residents of informal settlements, elderly and disabled.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.60Overall score
out of 100

96.02Financial score
out of 100

70.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$829,877

Total expenses · USD$904,837

Program expenses

$834,259.71 recorded amount

92.2%

Fundraising expenses

$13,572.56 recorded amount

1.5%

Administrative expenses

$56,099.89 recorded amount

6.2%

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: Holly Shepherd
Recorded compensation: $91,875.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.15%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for South Africa Development Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	70.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	The South Africa Development Fund (SADF), formerly known as Fund for a Free South Africa, was established in 1985 by a group of South Africans living in exile in the United States. SADF provides grants to community-based organizations committed to non-sexist, non-racial, democratic practices and which address human rights through health, education, economic development, environmental justice and democracy-building. SADF seeks to use philanthropy to promote grassroots activism aimed at providing services and resources to communities disadvantaged by decades of apartheid policies. SADF has used its grantmaking to focus on the needs of the most disadvantaged sectors of South Africa: women, children, rural people, unemployed, residents of informal settlements, elderly and disabled.
`ein` EIN	22-2674813
`tot_exp` Total expenses	904837.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.062
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.015
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.922
`fscore` Financial score	96.02
`leader` Recorded leader	Holly Shepherd
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	91875.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1015
`motto` Tagline	Providing services and resources to communities disadvantaged by decades of apartheid policies
`name` Charity name	South Africa Development Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	829877.0
`score` Overall score	78.6
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	International Peace, Security, and Affairs
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	834259.714
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	13572.555
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	56099.894

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2674813
Source category: International
Source subcategory: International Peace, Security, and Affairs
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.