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Butler Institute of American Art

EIN 34-0748495Arts, Culture, Humanities Ohio Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting the appreciation of art through collections, exhibits and education

The Butler Institute of American Art works to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country. The Institute's holdings now exceed 20,000 individual works, and the Butler is known worldwide as America's Museum. The Beecher Center, housed in the south wing of the Butler's Youngstown location, is the first museum addition dedicated solely to new media and electronic art. The facility regularly displays works of art that utilize computers, holography, lasers and other digital media. The Beecher Center houses the Zona Auditorium, a digital media theater designed for performance art and high-definition film presentations. The Butler also operates two satellite facilities in nearby Columbiana and Trumbull Counties.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.64Overall score
out of 100

84.29Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,199,016

Total expenses · USD$2,888,969

Program expenses

$1,820,050.47 recorded amount

63.0%

Fundraising expenses

$158,893.30 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$907,136.27 recorded amount

31.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Louis Zona
Recorded compensation: $180,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.23%

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All 23 original fields for Butler Institute of American Art
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Butler Institute of American Art works to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country. The Institute's holdings now exceed 20,000 individual works, and the Butler is known worldwide as America's Museum. The Beecher Center, housed in the south wing of the Butler's Youngstown location, is the first museum addition dedicated solely to new media and electronic art. The facility regularly displays works of art that utilize computers, holography, lasers and other digital media. The Beecher Center houses the Zona Auditorium, a digital media theater designed for performance art and high-definition film presentations. The Butler also operates two satellite facilities in nearby Columbiana and Trumbull Counties.
`ein` EIN	34-0748495
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2888969.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.314
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.63
`fscore` Financial score	84.29
`leader` Recorded leader	Louis Zona
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	180000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0623
`motto` Tagline	Promoting the appreciation of art through collections, exhibits and education
`name` Charity name	Butler Institute of American Art
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3199016.0
`score` Overall score	84.64
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1820050.47
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	158893.295
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	907136.2660000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 34-0748495
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
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.