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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

EIN 54-0505888Arts, Culture, Humanities Virginia Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

To feed the human spirit by sharing America's enduring story

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world's largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia - the restored 18th-century capital of Britain's largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here we interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution. In Colonial Williamsburg's 301-acre Historic Area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the men and women of the 18th-century city - black, white, and native American, slave, indentured, and free - and the challenges they faced. In this historic place, we help the future learn from the past.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.28Overall score
out of 100

80.15Financial score
out of 100

90.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$147,976,955

Total expenses · USD$138,893,757

Program expenses

$106,114,830.35 recorded amount

76.4%

Fundraising expenses

$9,444,775.48 recorded amount

6.8%

Administrative expenses

$23,195,257.42 recorded amount

16.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mitchell B. Reiss
Recorded compensation: $689,844.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.49%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	90.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world's largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia - the restored 18th-century capital of Britain's largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here we interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution. In Colonial Williamsburg's 301-acre Historic Area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the men and women of the 18th-century city - black, white, and native American, slave, indentured, and free - and the challenges they faced. In this historic place, we help the future learn from the past.
`ein` EIN	54-0505888
`tot_exp` Total expenses	138893757.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.068
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.764
`fscore` Financial score	80.15
`leader` Recorded leader	Mitchell B. Reiss
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	689844.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0049
`motto` Tagline	To feed the human spirit by sharing America's enduring story
`name` Charity name	Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	147976955.0
`score` Overall score	84.28
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	106114830.348
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	9444775.476
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	23195257.418999996

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-0505888
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
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.