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California Historical Society

EIN 94-0385620Arts, Culture, Humanities California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Stimulating public exploration of the past

California's Historical Society's mission is to inspire and empower people to make California's richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives. CHS stimulates public exploration of the past through exhibitions and public programs statewide, fosters scholarship through research collections and publications, and promotes history education in California. CHS shares its collections through an exhibition gallery in the heart of the Yerba Buena district.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.81Overall score
out of 100

74.60Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,915,889

Total expenses · USD$2,589,078

Program expenses

$1,662,188.08 recorded amount

64.2%

Fundraising expenses

$271,853.19 recorded amount

10.5%

Administrative expenses

$652,447.66 recorded amount

25.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Anthea M. Hartig
Recorded compensation: $167,073.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.45%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for California Historical Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	California's Historical Society's mission is to inspire and empower people to make California's richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives. CHS stimulates public exploration of the past through exhibitions and public programs statewide, fosters scholarship through research collections and publications, and promotes history education in California. CHS shares its collections through an exhibition gallery in the heart of the Yerba Buena district.
`ein` EIN	94-0385620
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2589078.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.252
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.105
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.642
`fscore` Financial score	74.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Anthea M. Hartig
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	167073.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0645
`motto` Tagline	Stimulating public exploration of the past
`name` Charity name	California Historical Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6915889.0
`score` Overall score	81.81
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1662188.0760000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	271853.19
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	652447.656

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-0385620
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.