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The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating community ownership in the success of every child.

Our mission is to advance excellence, create champions and build strong community support for lasting change in Oklahoma City Public Schools. There are many challenges that face OKCPS and the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools is committed to providing hope and opportunity for every single child. With your support, The Foundation is able to train bilingual teachers, match donations made to DonorsChoose.org, manage the new Partners In Action initiative that connects community partners with local schools and a host of other efforts that are making a real difference in the lives of our students.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.16Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,307,549

Total expenses · USD$1,296,790

Program expenses

$1,173,594.95 recorded amount

90.5%

Fundraising expenses

$54,465.18 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$67,433.08 recorded amount

5.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 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: Mary Melon
Recorded compensation: $150,767.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.62%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Our mission is to advance excellence, create champions and build strong community support for lasting change in Oklahoma City Public Schools. There are many challenges that face OKCPS and the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools is committed to providing hope and opportunity for every single child. With your support, The Foundation is able to train bilingual teachers, match donations made to DonorsChoose.org, manage the new Partners In Action initiative that connects community partners with local schools and a host of other efforts that are making a real difference in the lives of our students.
`ein` EIN	73-1222182
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1296790.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.905
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary Melon
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	150767.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1162
`motto` Tagline	Creating community ownership in the success of every child.
`name` Charity name	The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2307549.0
`score` Overall score	91.16
`state` State code	OK
`subcategory` Subcategory	Scholarship and Financial Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1173594.95
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	54465.18
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	67433.08

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 73-1222182
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Scholarship and Financial Support
Recorded location: Oklahoma (OK)
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.