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California State Railroad Museum Foundation

EIN 94-2698626Arts, Culture, Humanities California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Welcome Aboard!

The California State Railroad Museum Foundation (CSRMF) works to raise and manage funds to support the California State Railroad Museum and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and to assist California State Parks in carrying out the museum's and the parks' missions. The Foundation provides funding for ongoing support of numerous programs, both at the museum's Old Sacramento location and at the historic park in Jamestown, Calif. The Foundation and its board of directors is currently laying groundwork for a future California Railroad Technology Museum capital campaign proposed as part of the downtown Sacramento railyard development project.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.91Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,588,577

Total expenses · USD$2,945,986

Program expenses

$2,495,250.14 recorded amount

84.7%

Fundraising expenses

$162,029.23 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$282,814.66 recorded amount

9.6%

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: Cheryl Marcell
Recorded compensation: $238,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for California State Railroad Museum Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The California State Railroad Museum Foundation (CSRMF) works to raise and manage funds to support the California State Railroad Museum and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and to assist California State Parks in carrying out the museum's and the parks' missions. The Foundation provides funding for ongoing support of numerous programs, both at the museum's Old Sacramento location and at the historic park in Jamestown, Calif. The Foundation and its board of directors is currently laying groundwork for a future California Railroad Technology Museum capital campaign proposed as part of the downtown Sacramento railyard development project.
`ein` EIN	94-2698626
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2945986.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.096
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.847
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Cheryl Marcell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	238000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08070000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Welcome Aboard!
`name` Charity name	California State Railroad Museum Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3588577.0
`score` Overall score	93.91
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2495250.142
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	162029.23
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	282814.656

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2698626
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
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.