Charity profile · Historical source record

Country Music Foundation

EIN 62-0753887Arts, Culture, Humanities Tennessee Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Identifying and preserving the evolving history and traditions of country music

Founded in 1963, the Country Music Foundation (CMF) operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which opened in 1967. The mission of the CMF is to identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Functioning as a local history museum and as an international arts organization, the CMF serves visiting and non-visiting audiences including fans, students, scholars, members of the music industry, and the general public - in the Nashville area, the nation, and the world. The Museum's operations also include educational programs, CMF Press and CMF Records, the Country Music Foundation Library, and the historic sites RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.61Overall score
out of 100

83.65Financial score
out of 100

78.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$37,129,987

Total expenses · USD$31,719,231

Program expenses

$28,039,800.20 recorded amount

88.4%

Fundraising expenses

$1,173,611.55 recorded amount

3.7%

Administrative expenses

$2,442,380.79 recorded amount

7.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.39 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kyle Young
Recorded compensation: $497,584.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Country Music Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	78.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1963, the Country Music Foundation (CMF) operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which opened in 1967. The mission of the CMF is to identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Functioning as a local history museum and as an international arts organization, the CMF serves visiting and non-visiting audiences including fans, students, scholars, members of the music industry, and the general public - in the Nashville area, the nation, and the world. The Museum's operations also include educational programs, CMF Press and CMF Records, the Country Music Foundation Library, and the historic sites RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print.
`ein` EIN	62-0753887
`tot_exp` Total expenses	31719231.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.077
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.39
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.884
`fscore` Financial score	83.65
`leader` Recorded leader	Kyle Young
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	497584.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.015600000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Identifying and preserving the evolving history and traditions of country music
`name` Charity name	Country Music Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	37129987.0
`score` Overall score	80.61
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	28039800.204
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1173611.5470000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2442380.787

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 62-0753887
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.