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Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

EIN 04-3542086Arts, Culture, Humanities Massachusetts Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring a love of art and reading

The mission of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a non-profit organization in Amherst, Massachusetts, is to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books. The only full-scale museum of its kind in the United States, The Carle collects, preserves, presents, and celebrates picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world. In addition to underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form, The Carle offers educational programs that provide a foundation for arts integration and literacy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.43Overall score
out of 100

80.93Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,562,202

Total expenses · USD$3,180,878

Program expenses

$2,042,123.68 recorded amount

64.2%

Fundraising expenses

$324,449.56 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$811,123.89 recorded amount

25.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 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: Alexandra Kennedy
Recorded compensation: $226,657.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.12%

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 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a non-profit organization in Amherst, Massachusetts, is to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books. The only full-scale museum of its kind in the United States, The Carle collects, preserves, presents, and celebrates picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world. In addition to underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form, The Carle offers educational programs that provide a foundation for arts integration and literacy.
`ein` EIN	04-3542086
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3180878.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.255
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.642
`fscore` Financial score	80.93
`leader` Recorded leader	Alexandra Kennedy
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	226657.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0712
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring a love of art and reading
`name` Charity name	Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2562202.0
`score` Overall score	84.43
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2042123.676
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	324449.556
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	811123.89

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.