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Academy of American Poets

EIN 13-1879953Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving poets and poetry since 1934

The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. To fulfill this mission, the Academy administers a wide variety of programs, including National Poetry Month (April), the largest literary celebration in the world; online educational resources providing free poetry lesson plans for high school teachers; the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of over 700 recordings dating back to the 1960s; and Poets.org, our award-winning website which provides a wealth of content on contemporary American poetry and receives a million unique users each month. In addition, the Academy administers the most important collection of poetry awards in the United States.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.97Overall score
out of 100

81.82Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,072,385

Total expenses · USD$1,830,939

Program expenses

$1,353,063.92 recorded amount

73.9%

Fundraising expenses

$225,205.50 recorded amount

12.3%

Administrative expenses

$250,838.64 recorded amount

13.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jennifer Benka
Recorded compensation: $143,156.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.81%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Academy of American Poets
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. To fulfill this mission, the Academy administers a wide variety of programs, including National Poetry Month (April), the largest literary celebration in the world; online educational resources providing free poetry lesson plans for high school teachers; the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of over 700 recordings dating back to the 1960s; and Poets.org, our award-winning website which provides a wealth of content on contemporary American poetry and receives a million unique users each month. In addition, the Academy administers the most important collection of poetry awards in the United States.
`ein` EIN	13-1879953
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1830939.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	81.82
`leader` Recorded leader	Jennifer Benka
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	143156.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0781
`motto` Tagline	Serving poets and poetry since 1934
`name` Charity name	Academy of American Poets
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2072385.0
`score` Overall score	84.97
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1353063.921
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	225205.49700000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	250838.64299999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1879953
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.