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The Dictionary Project

EIN 57-1029802Education South Carolina Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A Dictionary is a Necessity!

The Dictionary Project works to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, so we encourage our sponsors to give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade. Since our founding in 1995, over 18 million children have received dictionaries because thousands of people saw the same need in communities all over the United States.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.68Overall score
out of 100

77.50Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,070,438

Total expenses · USD$4,276,550

Program expenses

$4,101,211.45 recorded amount

95.9%

Fundraising expenses

$38,488.95 recorded amount

0.9%

Administrative expenses

$128,296.50 recorded amount

3.0%

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: Mary French
Recorded compensation: $62,010.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.45%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Dictionary Project
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The Dictionary Project works to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, so we encourage our sponsors to give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade. Since our founding in 1995, over 18 million children have received dictionaries because thousands of people saw the same need in communities all over the United States.
`ein` EIN	57-1029802
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4276550.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.03
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.009000000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9590000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	77.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary French
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	62010.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.014499999999999999
`motto` Tagline	A Dictionary is a Necessity!
`name` Charity name	The Dictionary Project
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4070438.0
`score` Overall score	75.68
`state` State code	SC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4101211.45
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	38488.950000000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	128296.5

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 57-1029802
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: South Carolina (SC)
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.