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DuPage Children's Museum

EIN 36-3565001Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

More than a museum...a force for early learning

DuPage Children's Museum, founded in 1987, offers a variety of programs designed to stimulate the creativity and problem-solving skills among young children as well as programs to support the adults who work with and care for children. These programs include interactive, hands-on experiences for children, learning labs and workshops for education professionals. In addition, the museum provides community support and resources for children with autism spectrum disorders, visual impairments and or mobility impairments.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.78Overall score
out of 100

84.57Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,384,091

Total expenses · USD$3,932,978

Program expenses

$3,303,701.52 recorded amount

84.0%

Fundraising expenses

$361,833.98 recorded amount

9.2%

Administrative expenses

$259,576.55 recorded amount

6.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Sarah Orleans
Recorded compensation: $125,152.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.18%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for DuPage Children's Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	DuPage Children's Museum, founded in 1987, offers a variety of programs designed to stimulate the creativity and problem-solving skills among young children as well as programs to support the adults who work with and care for children. These programs include interactive, hands-on experiences for children, learning labs and workshops for education professionals. In addition, the museum provides community support and resources for children with autism spectrum disorders, visual impairments and or mobility impairments.
`ein` EIN	36-3565001
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3932978.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.066
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.092
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.84
`fscore` Financial score	84.57
`leader` Recorded leader	Sarah Orleans
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	125152.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0318
`motto` Tagline	More than a museum...a force for early learning
`name` Charity name	DuPage Children's Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4384091.0
`score` Overall score	84.78
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3303701.52
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	361833.97599999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	259576.548

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3565001
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.