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Cherry Creek Arts Festival

EIN 74-2546811Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing access to a broad array of arts experiences and support arts education in Colorado

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival's (CCAF) mission is to provide access to a broad array of arts experiences and support arts education in Colorado. The Arts Festival weekend event is a world-class and award-winning celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts, and enjoys an attendance of 350,000 visitors over the course of the 3-day event. The CCAF gives patrons the FREE, rare and special opportunity to meet and talk with international visual artists, sample fine cuisine, enjoy live musical performances and artist demonstrations, and entertain their families with interactive ‘ARTivities.' Along with the annual civic event, CCAF provides year-round mission-based art education and outreach programs in local area schools.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.55Overall score
out of 100

87.63Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,413,709

Total expenses · USD$2,530,675

Program expenses

$1,832,208.70 recorded amount

72.4%

Fundraising expenses

$346,702.47 recorded amount

13.7%

Administrative expenses

$346,702.47 recorded amount

13.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Tara Brickell
Recorded compensation: $118,386.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Cherry Creek Arts Festival's (CCAF) mission is to provide access to a broad array of arts experiences and support arts education in Colorado. The Arts Festival weekend event is a world-class and award-winning celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts, and enjoys an attendance of 350,000 visitors over the course of the 3-day event. The CCAF gives patrons the FREE, rare and special opportunity to meet and talk with international visual artists, sample fine cuisine, enjoy live musical performances and artist demonstrations, and entertain their families with interactive ‘ARTivities.' Along with the annual civic event, CCAF provides year-round mission-based art education and outreach programs in local area schools.
`ein` EIN	74-2546811
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2530675.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.13699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.13699999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7240000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.63
`leader` Recorded leader	Tara Brickell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	118386.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0467
`motto` Tagline	Providing access to a broad array of arts experiences and support arts education in Colorado
`name` Charity name	Cherry Creek Arts Festival
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3413709.0
`score` Overall score	84.55
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1832208.7000000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	346702.475
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	346702.475

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-2546811
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.