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The Ellington Fund

EIN 52-1152273Arts, Culture, Humanities District of Columbia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting the educational mission and goals of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Based in Washington, DC, the Ellington Fund (the Fund) is the charitable arm of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA). The mission is to support several programs at DESA that are not funded by the DC Public School System (DCPS). The Fund provides critical services as it seeks to bridge the gap between DCPS budget allocations and the actual cost of DESA's dual arts/academic curriculum.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

74.64Overall score
out of 100

67.43Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,497,584

Total expenses · USD$1,790,367

Program expenses

$1,215,659.19 recorded amount

67.9%

Fundraising expenses

$291,829.82 recorded amount

16.3%

Administrative expenses

$281,087.62 recorded amount

15.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.33 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: This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for The Ellington Fund
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Based in Washington, DC, the Ellington Fund (the Fund) is the charitable arm of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA). The mission is to support several programs at DESA that are not funded by the DC Public School System (DCPS). The Fund provides critical services as it seeks to bridge the gap between DCPS budget allocations and the actual cost of DESA's dual arts/academic curriculum.
`ein` EIN	52-1152273
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1790367.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.157
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.33
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.163
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.679
`fscore` Financial score	67.43
`leader` Recorded leader	This organization did not report a CEO
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Promoting the educational mission and goals of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
`name` Charity name	The Ellington Fund
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1497584.0
`score` Overall score	74.64
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1215659.193
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	291829.821
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	281087.619

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1152273
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.