Charity profile · Historical source record

Berkshire Museum

EIN 04-2103878Arts, Culture, Humanities Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Art, history, natural science. Make surprising connections!

Berkshire Museum works to bring people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections among art, history, and natural science. The broad and varied collections of the Berkshire Museum include objects from virtually every continent, from important fine art and sculpture to natural science specimens and ancient artifacts.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.85Overall score
out of 100

81.85Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,358,252

Total expenses · USD$3,117,319

Program expenses

$2,191,475.26 recorded amount

70.3%

Fundraising expenses

$336,670.45 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$582,938.65 recorded amount

18.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 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: Van Shields
Recorded compensation: $138,571.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.44%

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 Berkshire Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Berkshire Museum works to bring people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections among art, history, and natural science. The broad and varied collections of the Berkshire Museum include objects from virtually every continent, from important fine art and sculpture to natural science specimens and ancient artifacts.
`ein` EIN	04-2103878
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3117319.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.187
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.703
`fscore` Financial score	81.85
`leader` Recorded leader	Van Shields
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	138571.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0444
`motto` Tagline	Art, history, natural science. Make surprising connections!
`name` Charity name	Berkshire Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2358252.0
`score` Overall score	86.85
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2191475.2569999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	336670.45200000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	582938.653

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.