Charity profile · Historical source record

Amazement Square

EIN 54-1713204Arts, Culture, Humanities Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Cultivating an engaged community of lifelong learners

Amazement Square cultivates an engaged community of lifelong learners by sparking imagination, creativity, and curiosity. The museum motivates children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hand-on learning.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.61Overall score
out of 100

88.25Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,597,388

Total expenses · USD$1,533,961

Program expenses

$1,182,683.93 recorded amount

77.1%

Fundraising expenses

$142,658.37 recorded amount

9.3%

Administrative expenses

$207,084.74 recorded amount

13.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mort Sajadian
Recorded compensation: $154,428.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.06%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Amazement Square
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Amazement Square cultivates an engaged community of lifelong learners by sparking imagination, creativity, and curiosity. The museum motivates children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hand-on learning.
`ein` EIN	54-1713204
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1533961.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.135
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.09300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7709999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.25
`leader` Recorded leader	Mort Sajadian
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	154428.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.10060000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Cultivating an engaged community of lifelong learners
`name` Charity name	Amazement Square
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1597388.0
`score` Overall score	88.61
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1182683.9309999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	142658.37300000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	207084.73500000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-1713204
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.