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The Denver Foundation

EIN 84-6048381Community Development Colorado Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Your Generosity...Our Stewardship

Established in 1925, The Denver Foundation is a community foundation serving the seven counties of Metro Denver. The Foundation's mission is to inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community. The Foundation helps donors and families design personalized charitable giving strategies. The Denver Foundation stewards more than 900 such funds. Together, the Foundation and its donors distributed $47 million to hundreds of nonprofit organizations in 2011, thus helping those most in need. The Denver Foundation was created by and for the people of Metro Denver with one goal, to make our community a better place to live, now and in the future.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.42Overall score
out of 100

87.07Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$120,030,124

Total expenses · USD$81,071,246

Program expenses

$73,126,263.89 recorded amount

90.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,702,496.17 recorded amount

2.1%

Administrative expenses

$6,080,343.45 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Christine Marquez-Hudson
Recorded compensation: $220,525.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.27%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Denver Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1925, The Denver Foundation is a community foundation serving the seven counties of Metro Denver. The Foundation's mission is to inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community. The Foundation helps donors and families design personalized charitable giving strategies. The Denver Foundation stewards more than 900 such funds. Together, the Foundation and its donors distributed $47 million to hundreds of nonprofit organizations in 2011, thus helping those most in need. The Denver Foundation was created by and for the people of Metro Denver with one goal, to make our community a better place to live, now and in the future.
`ein` EIN	84-6048381
`tot_exp` Total expenses	81071246.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.021
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.902
`fscore` Financial score	87.07
`leader` Recorded leader	Christine Marquez-Hudson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	220525.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0027
`motto` Tagline	Your Generosity...Our Stewardship
`name` Charity name	The Denver Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	120030124.0
`score` Overall score	90.42
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	73126263.892
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1702496.1660000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	6080343.45

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-6048381
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.