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Chicago Botanic Garden

EIN 36-2225482Environment Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting the enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of plants and the natural world

The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world. The 385-acre Garden features 23 display gardens and three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes. With the groundbreaking for the Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, a permanent site on which to carry out its mission was created. The mission encompasses three important components: collections, education and research. The Chicago Botanic Garden, with its world-renowned plant collections and displays, is one of the country's most visited public gardens and a preeminent center for learning and scientific research.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.85Overall score
out of 100

86.42Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$49,757,988

Total expenses · USD$48,755,048

Program expenses

$39,686,609.07 recorded amount

81.4%

Fundraising expenses

$3,217,833.17 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$5,801,850.71 recorded amount

11.9%

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: Jean M. Franczyk
Recorded compensation: $411,130.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.84%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Chicago Botanic Garden
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world. The 385-acre Garden features 23 display gardens and three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes. With the groundbreaking for the Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, a permanent site on which to carry out its mission was created. The mission encompasses three important components: collections, education and research. The Chicago Botanic Garden, with its world-renowned plant collections and displays, is one of the country's most visited public gardens and a preeminent center for learning and scientific research.
`ein` EIN	36-2225482
`tot_exp` Total expenses	48755048.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11900000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8140000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	86.42
`leader` Recorded leader	Jean M. Franczyk
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	411130.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0084
`motto` Tagline	Promoting the enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of plants and the natural world
`name` Charity name	Chicago Botanic Garden
`tot_rev` Total revenue	49757988.0
`score` Overall score	88.85
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	39686609.072000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3217833.168
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5801850.712

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2225482
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Botanical Gardens, Parks, and Nature Centers
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.