Charity profile · Historical source record

The Ragdale Foundation

EIN 36-2937927Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Introduce. Inform. Meet.

Ragdale is a non-profit artists' community located on architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's country estate in Lake Forest, 30 miles north of Chicago. In 1976, Shaw's granddaughter, Alice Judson Hayes, transformed her family's summer home into an artist's retreat to provide time and space for artists to create important new work. Today Ragdale annually hosts more than 150 artists, writers, choreographers and composers at all stages of their careers for 2-6 week residencies, making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. Ragdale offers a retreat setting where at any given time, a dozen creative individuals experience uninterrupted time for dedicated work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of idyllic prairie and a family-style dinner each evening.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.16Overall score
out of 100

83.42Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$946,887

Total expenses · USD$1,090,755

Program expenses

$839,881.35 recorded amount

77.0%

Fundraising expenses

$157,068.72 recorded amount

14.4%

Administrative expenses

$92,714.18 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.21 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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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

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All 23 original fields for The Ragdale Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Ragdale is a non-profit artists' community located on architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's country estate in Lake Forest, 30 miles north of Chicago. In 1976, Shaw's granddaughter, Alice Judson Hayes, transformed her family's summer home into an artist's retreat to provide time and space for artists to create important new work. Today Ragdale annually hosts more than 150 artists, writers, choreographers and composers at all stages of their careers for 2-6 week residencies, making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. Ragdale offers a retreat setting where at any given time, a dozen creative individuals experience uninterrupted time for dedicated work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of idyllic prairie and a family-style dinner each evening.
`ein` EIN	36-2937927
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1090755.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.21
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.14400000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.77
`fscore` Financial score	83.42
`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	Introduce. Inform. Meet.
`name` Charity name	The Ragdale Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	946887.0
`score` Overall score	82.16
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	839881.35
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	157068.72000000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	92714.175

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2937927
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.