Charity profile · Historical source record

Buffalo Bill Center of the West

EIN 83-0180403Arts, Culture, Humanities Wyoming Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The voice of the American West

Founded in 1917 as the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (BBHC) is a museum that educates the public by advancing knowledge about the American West through acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting collections. Founded to preserve the legacy and vision of Colonel William F. Cody, the BBHC is the oldest and most comprehensive museum of the West; over the years it has become much more than a monument to the life and times of Buffalo Bill. The BBHC is comprised of five museums and a research library: the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indian Museum, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Draper Museum of Natural History, and the Harold McCracken Research Library.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.69Overall score
out of 100

90.57Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$25,515,804

Total expenses · USD$12,651,943

Program expenses

$9,729,344.17 recorded amount

76.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,189,282.64 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,720,664.25 recorded amount

13.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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: Bruce B. Eldredge
Recorded compensation: $225,331.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.78%

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 Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1917 as the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (BBHC) is a museum that educates the public by advancing knowledge about the American West through acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting collections. Founded to preserve the legacy and vision of Colonel William F. Cody, the BBHC is the oldest and most comprehensive museum of the West; over the years it has become much more than a monument to the life and times of Buffalo Bill. The BBHC is comprised of five museums and a research library: the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indian Museum, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Draper Museum of Natural History, and the Harold McCracken Research Library.
`ein` EIN	83-0180403
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12651943.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.136
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.769
`fscore` Financial score	90.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Bruce B. Eldredge
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	225331.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0178
`motto` Tagline	The voice of the American West
`name` Charity name	Buffalo Bill Center of the West
`tot_rev` Total revenue	25515804.0
`score` Overall score	91.69
`state` State code	WY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9729344.167
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1189282.642
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1720664.2480000001

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.