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Contemporary Jewish Museum

EIN 47-0920831Arts, Culture, Humanities California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting Art, People, and Ideas

The Contemporary Jewish Museum's (CJM) core purpose is to be an engaging forum for diverse audiences where new perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas thrive. The CJM makes the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience. We accomplish this through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire. Since its founding in 1984, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has distinguished itself as a welcoming place where visitors can connect with one another through dialogue and shared experiences with the arts.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.22Overall score
out of 100

68.22Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,588,163

Total expenses · USD$10,845,438

Program expenses

$7,472,506.78 recorded amount

68.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,822,033.58 recorded amount

16.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,529,206.76 recorded amount

14.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.26 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Lori Starr
Recorded compensation: $317,701.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.92%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Contemporary Jewish Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Contemporary Jewish Museum's (CJM) core purpose is to be an engaging forum for diverse audiences where new perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas thrive. The CJM makes the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience. We accomplish this through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire. Since its founding in 1984, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has distinguished itself as a welcoming place where visitors can connect with one another through dialogue and shared experiences with the arts.
`ein` EIN	47-0920831
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10845438.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.141
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.26
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.168
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6890000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	68.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Lori Starr
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	317701.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0292
`motto` Tagline	Connecting Art, People, and Ideas
`name` Charity name	Contemporary Jewish Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9588163.0
`score` Overall score	76.22
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7472506.782000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1822033.584
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1529206.758

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-0920831
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.