Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundations Inc.

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Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundations Inc.

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501(c)(3) organization

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505 BROADWAY

Dobbs Ferry NY 10522-1143

Dobbs Ferry NY | IRS ruling year: 2012 | EIN: 13-3757973

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Rating Information

Not currently rated

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Accountability & Finance

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IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available

Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website

Foundation Status:

Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)

Affiliation:

Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)

Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available

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Impact & Measurement

Not Currently Scored

Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundations Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Measurement methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.

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Culture & Community

Not Currently Scored

Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundations Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.

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Leadership & Adaptability

Score

90

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Metrics

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Mission

Unscored

Mission

Unscored

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission

Note: The organization did not respond to this question.

Vision

10/10 points

Vision

10/10 points

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.

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Source: Nonprofit submitted responses

Goals

20/20 points

Goals

20/20 points

The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.

Goal One: Be a partner in the development of an exceptional system of public education by promoting excellence in all aspects of learning

Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.

Goal Two: Provide students with the resources and opportunities needed to realize his and her full potential.

Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.

Goal Three: Engage with teachers, school administration and the parent community to increase the awareness of our work and opportunities to get involved.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Leadership Development

15/15 points

Leadership Development

15/15 points

The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development

What has gotten in the way of your oganization pursuing this investment?

We are a fully volunteer organization. The DFSF invests in our educators by funding grants, but all the board members donate their time to the organization. We do not use any funds that the charity raised towards the foundation's leaders.

Mobilizing for Mission

15/15 points

Mobilizing for Mission

15/15 points

The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

Strategic Partnerships
Raising Awareness

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

We raise funds through an annual appeal and annual gala tied with an auction in order to engage the community and raise money. We also partner with other non profits in the community to spread the word of a particular fundraising campaign so they can help amplify our message and reach. In addition, our leaders meet with administrators to remind them to encourage faculty to bring grants to us and to send out communication to the district about grants that have been funded by us. Our representatives attend school events, however, these have been greatly reduced over the past two years due to COVID.

Adaptability Story

30/30 points

Adaptability Story

30/30 points

The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.

Instead of having our meetings in person, we held most of them over Zoom calls. We had to cancel our in-person gala for the past two year, however we do plan to have one this year which we plan to hold outdoors, according to CDC guidelines.

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