Charity profile · Historical source record

ArtsWave

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Creating community through the arts
ArtsWave helps create the kind of thriving arts environment that makes the Cincinnati region a better place to live, work, play, and stay. We support and collaborate with arts organizations large and small throughout the area. Music, dance, theatre, galleries, museums, art centers, festivals, and more create communitywide benefits for everyone here. The arts create benefits like attractive, lively neighborhoods and a population that comes together to share ideas and experiences.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.38Overall score
out of 100
79.41Financial score
out of 100
92.00Accountability & 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$15,835,249
Total expenses · USD$14,978,630

Program expenses

$12,057,797.15 recorded amount
80.5%

Fundraising expenses

$1,992,157.79 recorded amount
13.3%

Administrative expenses

$913,696.43 recorded amount
6.1%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.13 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
This organization did not report a CEO
Recorded compensation
Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage
Not reported in source

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 ArtsWave
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
92.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
ArtsWave helps create the kind of thriving arts environment that makes the Cincinnati region a better place to live, work, play, and stay. We support and collaborate with arts organizations large and small throughout the area. Music, dance, theatre, galleries, museums, art centers, festivals, and more create communitywide benefits for everyone here. The arts create benefits like attractive, lively neighborhoods and a population that comes together to share ideas and experiences.
ein
EIN
31-0537138
tot_exp
Total expenses
14978630.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.061
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.13
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.133
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.805
fscore
Financial score
79.41
leader
Recorded leader
This organization did not report a CEO
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
Not reported (blank source field)
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
Not reported (blank source field)
motto
Tagline
Creating community through the arts
name
Charity name
ArtsWave
tot_rev
Total revenue
15835249.0
score
Overall score
84.38
state
State code
OH
subcategory
Subcategory
Performing Arts
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
12057797.15
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
1992157.79
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
913696.4299999999

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.