Charity profile · Historical source record

Aspen Music Festival and School

EIN 84-0445087Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

A celebration of arts, ideas, and the human spirit

Set in the awe-inspiring majesty of the Colorado Rockies, the Aspen Music Festival and School's (AMFS) vision of creativity and education started with the 1949 Goethe Bicentennial Convocation. Uniting the intersecting worlds of ideas, art, and natural beauty, this event started something special: fostering the growth of the human spirit through the melding of art and nature. Today, nearly sixty years later, the AMFS continues pursuing that ideal. The nine-week summer festival of more than 350 events includes orchestral concerts, chamber music, opera, contemporary music, master classes, lectures, and kids' programs. Many events are free, and lawn seating is always free. AMFS continues to bring the brightest young musicians together with the classical music world's foremost instructors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.83Overall score
out of 100

96.48Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$19,562,572

Total expenses · USD$19,427,693

Program expenses

$16,183,268.27 recorded amount

83.3%

Fundraising expenses

$1,068,523.11 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$2,156,473.92 recorded amount

11.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Alan Fletcher
Recorded compensation: $528,431.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.71%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Aspen Music Festival and School
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Set in the awe-inspiring majesty of the Colorado Rockies, the Aspen Music Festival and School's (AMFS) vision of creativity and education started with the 1949 Goethe Bicentennial Convocation. Uniting the intersecting worlds of ideas, art, and natural beauty, this event started something special: fostering the growth of the human spirit through the melding of art and nature. Today, nearly sixty years later, the AMFS continues pursuing that ideal. The nine-week summer festival of more than 350 events includes orchestral concerts, chamber music, opera, contemporary music, master classes, lectures, and kids' programs. Many events are free, and lawn seating is always free. AMFS continues to bring the brightest young musicians together with the classical music world's foremost instructors.
`ein` EIN	84-0445087
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19427693.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.111
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.833
`fscore` Financial score	96.48
`leader` Recorded leader	Alan Fletcher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	528431.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0271
`motto` Tagline	A celebration of arts, ideas, and the human spirit
`name` Charity name	Aspen Music Festival and School
`tot_rev` Total revenue	19562572.0
`score` Overall score	91.83
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	16183268.269
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1068523.115
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2156473.923

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-0445087
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.