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The Dayton Foundation

EIN 31-6027287Community Development Ohio Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We Help You Help Others

The Dayton Foundation is the regional community foundation for Greater Dayton. Since its establishment in 1921, the Foundation has helped people to help others, managing more than 3,700 charitable funds that have provided nearly $900 million in grants to nonprofits locally and nationwide. As the region's community foundation, we provide unmatched services, resources, support and counsel to help individuals achieve their charitable giving goals. We assist other nonprofits by funding their efforts and offering our expertise to help them operate more effectively. We're also helping build a better Dayton by identifying important issues and bringing together the people and organizations who can solve them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.65Overall score
out of 100

77.97Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$47,225,771

Total expenses · USD$27,126,725

Program expenses

$22,650,815.38 recorded amount

83.5%

Fundraising expenses

$542,534.50 recorded amount

2.0%

Administrative expenses

$3,879,121.68 recorded amount

14.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michael M. Parks
Recorded compensation: $448,865.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.65%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Dayton Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Dayton Foundation is the regional community foundation for Greater Dayton. Since its establishment in 1921, the Foundation has helped people to help others, managing more than 3,700 charitable funds that have provided nearly $900 million in grants to nonprofits locally and nationwide. As the region's community foundation, we provide unmatched services, resources, support and counsel to help individuals achieve their charitable giving goals. We assist other nonprofits by funding their efforts and offering our expertise to help them operate more effectively. We're also helping build a better Dayton by identifying important issues and bringing together the people and organizations who can solve them.
`ein` EIN	31-6027287
`tot_exp` Total expenses	27126725.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14300000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.02
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.835
`fscore` Financial score	77.97
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael M. Parks
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	448865.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0165
`motto` Tagline	We Help You Help Others
`name` Charity name	The Dayton Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	47225771.0
`score` Overall score	83.65
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	22650815.375
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	542534.5
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3879121.6750000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-6027287
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
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.