Charity profile · Historical source record

Discovery Center of Springfield

EIN 43-1568214Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring people of all ages with a life-long love of learning

Discovery Center of Springfield is an interactive, hands-on museum committed to inspiring people of all ages with a life-long love of learning and an appreciation of the world and our place in it. Discovery Center provides a number of educational opportunities that provide a hands on experience while learning. Assisting the educational systems and youth in Southwest Missouri, Discovery Center provides educators who teach sessions in school classrooms. These presentations are centered around science and the Missouri MAP educational requirements.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.38Overall score
out of 100

82.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$911,225

Total expenses · USD$1,154,192

Program expenses

$976,446.43 recorded amount

84.6%

Fundraising expenses

$56,555.41 recorded amount

4.9%

Administrative expenses

$120,035.97 recorded amount

10.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Meleah Spencer
Recorded compensation: $77,614.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.72%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Discovery Center of Springfield
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Discovery Center of Springfield is an interactive, hands-on museum committed to inspiring people of all ages with a life-long love of learning and an appreciation of the world and our place in it. Discovery Center provides a number of educational opportunities that provide a hands on experience while learning. Assisting the educational systems and youth in Southwest Missouri, Discovery Center provides educators who teach sessions in school classrooms. These presentations are centered around science and the Missouri MAP educational requirements.
`ein` EIN	43-1568214
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1154192.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.049
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.846
`fscore` Financial score	82.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Meleah Spencer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	77614.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0672
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring people of all ages with a life-long love of learning
`name` Charity name	Discovery Center of Springfield
`tot_rev` Total revenue	911225.0
`score` Overall score	85.38
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	976446.4319999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	56555.408
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	120035.96800000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1568214
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.