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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

EIN 11-2417338Environment New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting people to the world of plants, fostering delight, curiosity and environmental stewardship

Growing from its humble beginnings as an ash dump in the late 1800s, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) has come to represent the very best in urban gardening and horticultural display. Its mission is to connect people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment. In the Garden, in its community, and well beyond, BBG inspires people of all ages through the conservation, display, and enjoyment of plants; with educational programs that emphasize learning by doing; and with research focused on understanding and conserving regional plants and plant communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.86Overall score
out of 100

93.74Financial score
out of 100

94.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$23,692,772

Total expenses · USD$22,441,961

Program expenses

$18,177,988.41 recorded amount

81.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,772,914.92 recorded amount

7.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,468,615.71 recorded amount

11.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Scot Medbury
Recorded compensation: $351,015.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	94.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Growing from its humble beginnings as an ash dump in the late 1800s, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) has come to represent the very best in urban gardening and horticultural display. Its mission is to connect people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment. In the Garden, in its community, and well beyond, BBG inspires people of all ages through the conservation, display, and enjoyment of plants; with educational programs that emphasize learning by doing; and with research focused on understanding and conserving regional plants and plant communities.
`ein` EIN	11-2417338
`tot_exp` Total expenses	22441961.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.079
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.81
`fscore` Financial score	93.74
`leader` Recorded leader	Scot Medbury
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	351015.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.015600000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Connecting people to the world of plants, fostering delight, curiosity and environmental stewardship
`name` Charity name	Brooklyn Botanic Garden
`tot_rev` Total revenue	23692772.0
`score` Overall score	93.86
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	18177988.41
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1772914.919
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2468615.71

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 11-2417338
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.