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Cleveland Museum of Natural History

EIN 34-0714338Arts, Culture, Humanities Ohio Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Discover the nature of your universe

Founded in 1920, Cleveland Museum of Natural History works to inspire, through science and education, a passion for nature, the protection of natural diversity, the fostering of health, and leadership to a sustainable future. The Museum's permanent exhibits include a three million-year-old human ancestor, known as Lucy, and one of the most complete mounted sauropods on display anywhere in the world. The Museum also features a planetarium; observatory; discovery center; live animal shows; and a wildlife center and woods garden highlighting native Ohio flora and fauna, including bobcats, river otters and birds of prey. Outside Museum walls, the Natural Areas Program protects more than 4,000 acres of rare habitat in Northern Ohio. The Museum announced two mergers in 2007: HealthSpace Cleveland in January 2007, and EcoCity Cleveland in June 2007.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.29Overall score
out of 100

86.60Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$24,226,932

Total expenses · USD$18,722,320

Program expenses

$13,442,625.76 recorded amount

71.8%

Fundraising expenses

$2,883,237.28 recorded amount

15.4%

Administrative expenses

$2,377,734.64 recorded amount

12.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Evalyn Gates
Recorded compensation: $289,588.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.54%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1920, Cleveland Museum of Natural History works to inspire, through science and education, a passion for nature, the protection of natural diversity, the fostering of health, and leadership to a sustainable future. The Museum's permanent exhibits include a three million-year-old human ancestor, known as Lucy, and one of the most complete mounted sauropods on display anywhere in the world. The Museum also features a planetarium; observatory; discovery center; live animal shows; and a wildlife center and woods garden highlighting native Ohio flora and fauna, including bobcats, river otters and birds of prey. Outside Museum walls, the Natural Areas Program protects more than 4,000 acres of rare habitat in Northern Ohio. The Museum announced two mergers in 2007: HealthSpace Cleveland in January 2007, and EcoCity Cleveland in June 2007.
`ein` EIN	34-0714338
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18722320.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.127
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.154
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.718
`fscore` Financial score	86.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Evalyn Gates
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	289588.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0154
`motto` Tagline	Discover the nature of your universe
`name` Charity name	Cleveland Museum of Natural History
`tot_rev` Total revenue	24226932.0
`score` Overall score	90.29
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13442625.76
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2883237.28
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2377734.64

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 34-0714338
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
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.