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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

EIN 43-1202816Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Presenting, supporting, and celebrating the art of our time

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) presents, supports, and celebrates the art of our time. Our mission is to create meaningful engagement with the most relevant and innovative art being made today. With a dynamic array of changing exhibitions, CAM provides a thought-provoking program that reflects and contributes to the global cultural landscape. Through diverse perspectives offered in our exhibitions, programs, and educational activities. CAM actively engages a range of audiences to challenge their perceptions. We are a site for discovery, a laboratory for experimentation, and a gathering place in which to experience and enjoy contemporary visual culture.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.49Overall score
out of 100

91.01Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,649,850

Total expenses · USD$2,732,507

Program expenses

$2,237,923.23 recorded amount

81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$363,423.43 recorded amount

13.3%

Administrative expenses

$125,695.32 recorded amount

4.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lisa Melandri
Recorded compensation: $170,936.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.25%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) presents, supports, and celebrates the art of our time. Our mission is to create meaningful engagement with the most relevant and innovative art being made today. With a dynamic array of changing exhibitions, CAM provides a thought-provoking program that reflects and contributes to the global cultural landscape. Through diverse perspectives offered in our exhibitions, programs, and educational activities. CAM actively engages a range of audiences to challenge their perceptions. We are a site for discovery, a laboratory for experimentation, and a gathering place in which to experience and enjoy contemporary visual culture.
`ein` EIN	43-1202816
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2732507.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.046
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.133
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8190000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	91.01
`leader` Recorded leader	Lisa Melandri
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	170936.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0625
`motto` Tagline	Presenting, supporting, and celebrating the art of our time
`name` Charity name	Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2649850.0
`score` Overall score	91.49
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2237923.233
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	363423.43100000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	125695.322

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1202816
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
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.