Charity profile · Historical source record

Brooklyn Museum

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Bridging the world's artistic heritage and the experience of each visitor
The Brooklyn Museum acts as a bridge between the rich artistic heritage of world cultures, as embodied in its collections, and the unique experience of each visitor. Dedicated to the primacy of the visitor experience, committed to excellence in every aspect of its collections and programs, and drawing on both new and traditional tools of communication, interpretation, and presentation, the Museum aims to serve its diverse public as a dynamic, innovative, and welcoming center for learning through the visual arts. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collections include more than one million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, representing almost every culture in the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.89Overall score
out of 100
86.10Financial score
out of 100
90.00Accountability & 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$33,138,725
Total expenses · USD$43,855,989

Program expenses

$34,426,951.37 recorded amount
78.5%

Fundraising expenses

$3,069,919.23 recorded amount
7.0%

Administrative expenses

$6,271,406.43 recorded amount
14.3%
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
Anne Pasternak
Recorded compensation
$532,156.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.21%

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

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All 23 original fields for Brooklyn Museum
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
90.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
The Brooklyn Museum acts as a bridge between the rich artistic heritage of world cultures, as embodied in its collections, and the unique experience of each visitor. Dedicated to the primacy of the visitor experience, committed to excellence in every aspect of its collections and programs, and drawing on both new and traditional tools of communication, interpretation, and presentation, the Museum aims to serve its diverse public as a dynamic, innovative, and welcoming center for learning through the visual arts. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collections include more than one million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, representing almost every culture in the world.
ein
EIN
11-1672743
tot_exp
Total expenses
43855989.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.14300000000000002
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.13
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.07
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.785
fscore
Financial score
86.1
leader
Recorded leader
Anne Pasternak
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
532156.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0121
motto
Tagline
Bridging the world's artistic heritage and the experience of each visitor
name
Charity name
Brooklyn Museum
tot_rev
Total revenue
33138725.0
score
Overall score
87.89
state
State code
NY
subcategory
Subcategory
Museums
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
34426951.365
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
3069919.2300000004
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
6271406.427000001

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.