Charity profile · Historical source record

Americans for the Arts

EIN 52-1996467Arts, Culture, Humanities District of Columbia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

All the Arts for All the People

Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.45Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,097,880

Total expenses · USD$16,084,664

Program expenses

$13,848,895.70 recorded amount

86.1%

Fundraising expenses

$948,995.18 recorded amount

5.9%

Administrative expenses

$1,254,603.79 recorded amount

7.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 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: Robert L. Lynch
Recorded compensation: $643,025.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.99%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Americans for the Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America.
`ein` EIN	52-1996467
`tot_exp` Total expenses	16084664.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.078
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.059000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.861
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Robert L. Lynch
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	643025.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.039900000000000005
`motto` Tagline	All the Arts for All the People
`name` Charity name	Americans for the Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11097880.0
`score` Overall score	91.45
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13848895.704
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	948995.1760000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1254603.792

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1996467
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
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.