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Adler Planetarium

EIN 36-6210902Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Space is Freaking Awesome

The Adler Planetarium - America's First Planetarium - was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.58Overall score
out of 100

79.72Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$20,429,646

Total expenses · USD$18,818,691

Program expenses

$15,261,958.40 recorded amount

81.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,656,044.81 recorded amount

8.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,863,050.41 recorded amount

9.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Michelle B. Larson
Recorded compensation: $401,598.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.13%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Adler Planetarium
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Adler Planetarium - America's First Planetarium - was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler.
`ein` EIN	36-6210902
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18818691.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.099
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8109999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	79.72
`leader` Recorded leader	Michelle B. Larson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	401598.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0213
`motto` Tagline	Space is Freaking Awesome
`name` Charity name	Adler Planetarium
`tot_rev` Total revenue	20429646.0
`score` Overall score	84.58
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	15261958.400999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1656044.8080000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1863050.409

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-6210902
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.