Charity profile · Historical source record

Delaware Museum of Natural History

EIN 51-0083535Arts, Culture, Humanities Delaware Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Exciting and informing people about the natural world

The Delaware Museum of Natural History opened to the public in 1972 to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. As the only natural history museum in the state, the Museum welcomes more than 75,000 visitors each year to experience an African watering hole, gaze up at a giant squid, encounter a jaguar face-to-face, and marvel at the diversity of shells from around the globe. Gallery highlights also include the only permanent dinosaur collection in Delaware, a simulated coral reef, and a Science in Action paleontology lab. Throughout the year the Museum also hosts several special exhibits on national tour.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.09Overall score
out of 100

84.87Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,955,880

Total expenses · USD$2,423,622

Program expenses

$1,602,014.14 recorded amount

66.1%

Fundraising expenses

$252,056.69 recorded amount

10.4%

Administrative expenses

$567,127.55 recorded amount

23.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: William H. Spruance
Recorded compensation: $89,064.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.67%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Delaware Museum of Natural History
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Delaware Museum of Natural History opened to the public in 1972 to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. As the only natural history museum in the state, the Museum welcomes more than 75,000 visitors each year to experience an African watering hole, gaze up at a giant squid, encounter a jaguar face-to-face, and marvel at the diversity of shells from around the globe. Gallery highlights also include the only permanent dinosaur collection in Delaware, a simulated coral reef, and a Science in Action paleontology lab. Throughout the year the Museum also hosts several special exhibits on national tour.
`ein` EIN	51-0083535
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2423622.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.23399999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6609999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	84.87
`leader` Recorded leader	William H. Spruance
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	89064.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.036699999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Exciting and informing people about the natural world
`name` Charity name	Delaware Museum of Natural History
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2955880.0
`score` Overall score	89.09
`state` State code	DE
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1602014.1419999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	252056.68800000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	567127.548

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.