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Center for Jewish History

EIN 13-3863344Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fostering the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge

The Center for Jewish History is one of the great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions in the world, and its mission is clear: to foster the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge and to make the historical and cultural record of the Jewish people readily accessible to scholars, students and the broad public. The Center serves the worldwide academic and general communities with combined holdings of approximately 100 million archival documents, a half million books, and thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings, and textiles - the largest repository documenting the Jewish experience outside of Israel. This amalgamation of collections and public programs has brought over 100,000 visitors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.15Overall score
out of 100

80.65Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,798,473

Total expenses · USD$8,554,129

Program expenses

$5,970,782.04 recorded amount

69.8%

Fundraising expenses

$530,356.00 recorded amount

6.2%

Administrative expenses

$2,044,436.83 recorded amount

23.9%

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: David Myers
Recorded compensation: $54,214.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.63%

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All 23 original fields for Center for Jewish History
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Center for Jewish History is one of the great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions in the world, and its mission is clear: to foster the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge and to make the historical and cultural record of the Jewish people readily accessible to scholars, students and the broad public. The Center serves the worldwide academic and general communities with combined holdings of approximately 100 million archival documents, a half million books, and thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings, and textiles - the largest repository documenting the Jewish experience outside of Israel. This amalgamation of collections and public programs has brought over 100,000 visitors.
`ein` EIN	13-3863344
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8554129.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.239
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.062
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.698
`fscore` Financial score	80.65
`leader` Recorded leader	David Myers
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	54214.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0063
`motto` Tagline	Fostering the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge
`name` Charity name	Center for Jewish History
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7798473.0
`score` Overall score	86.15
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5970782.041999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	530355.998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2044436.831

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3863344
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.