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The Forte Foundation

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Motivating young women to prepare for a business career

Forté Foundation is a non-profit consortium of leading companies and top business schools working together to launch women into fulfilling, significant careers through access to business education, opportunities, and a community of successful women. Forté was founded in 2001 in response to a landmark research study, "Women and the MBA: Gateway to Opportunity," which explored several key myths and misperceptions about business careers and why fewer women attend schools of business than schools of medicine or law. Women have been in mainstream business for over 30 years, but still make up less than 17% of corporate board members in America's 500 largest companies.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

77.93Overall score
out of 100

82.74Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,899,578

Total expenses · USD$3,879,639

Program expenses

$2,991,201.67 recorded amount

77.1%

Fundraising expenses

$318,130.40 recorded amount

8.2%

Administrative expenses

$562,547.65 recorded amount

14.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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: Elissa Ellis Sangster
Recorded compensation: $194,730.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.01%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Forte Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Forté Foundation is a non-profit consortium of leading companies and top business schools working together to launch women into fulfilling, significant careers through access to business education, opportunities, and a community of successful women. Forté was founded in 2001 in response to a landmark research study, "Women and the MBA: Gateway to Opportunity," which explored several key myths and misperceptions about business careers and why fewer women attend schools of business than schools of medicine or law. Women have been in mainstream business for over 30 years, but still make up less than 17% of corporate board members in America's 500 largest companies.
`ein` EIN	61-1457145
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3879639.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.145
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7709999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	82.74
`leader` Recorded leader	Elissa Ellis Sangster
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	194730.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0501
`motto` Tagline	Motivating young women to prepare for a business career
`name` Charity name	The Forte Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3899578.0
`score` Overall score	77.93
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Adult Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2991201.6689999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	318130.398
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	562547.6549999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 61-1457145
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Adult Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
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.