Charity profile · Historical source record

Bang on a Can

EIN 13-3392963Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Making Music New.

Bang on a Can is dedicated to making music new. Since its first Marathon concert in 1987, Bang on a Can has been creating an international community dedicated to innovative music, wherever it is found. With adventurous programs, it commissions new composers, performs, presents, and records new work, develops new audiences, and educates the musicians of the future. Bang on a Can is building a world in which powerful new musical ideas flow freely across all genres and borders.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.29Overall score
out of 100

81.59Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,134,682

Total expenses · USD$2,167,366

Program expenses

$1,699,214.94 recorded amount

78.4%

Fundraising expenses

$225,406.06 recorded amount

10.4%

Administrative expenses

$240,577.63 recorded amount

11.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kenneth Savelson
Recorded compensation: $110,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Bang on a Can
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Bang on a Can is dedicated to making music new. Since its first Marathon concert in 1987, Bang on a Can has been creating an international community dedicated to innovative music, wherever it is found. With adventurous programs, it commissions new composers, performs, presents, and records new work, develops new audiences, and educates the musicians of the future. Bang on a Can is building a world in which powerful new musical ideas flow freely across all genres and borders.
`ein` EIN	13-3392963
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2167366.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.111
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.784
`fscore` Financial score	81.59
`leader` Recorded leader	Kenneth Savelson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	110000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0507
`motto` Tagline	Making Music New.
`name` Charity name	Bang on a Can
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2134682.0
`score` Overall score	81.29
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1699214.9440000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	225406.064
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	240577.626

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3392963
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.