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Exploring the Arts

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming the lives of young people through arts education.

Exploring the Arts (ETA) was founded in 1999 by Tony Bennett and Susan Benedetto. ETA's mission is to strengthen the role of the arts in public high school education. ETA's programs connect private funders, individual artists, and cultural institutions to Partner Schools to achieve greater equality of resources and opportunity for youth of all means and backgrounds. ETA currently serves 17 Partner Schools throughout New York City's five boroughs and in East Los Angeles.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.17Overall score
out of 100

80.23Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,687,402

Total expenses · USD$2,017,353

Program expenses

$1,440,390.04 recorded amount

71.4%

Fundraising expenses

$344,967.36 recorded amount

17.1%

Administrative expenses

$227,960.89 recorded amount

11.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Cheri Walsh
Recorded compensation: $144,628.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.16%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Exploring the Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Exploring the Arts (ETA) was founded in 1999 by Tony Bennett and Susan Benedetto. ETA's mission is to strengthen the role of the arts in public high school education. ETA's programs connect private funders, individual artists, and cultural institutions to Partner Schools to achieve greater equality of resources and opportunity for youth of all means and backgrounds. ETA currently serves 17 Partner Schools throughout New York City's five boroughs and in East Los Angeles.
`ein` EIN	13-4069251
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2017353.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.113
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.171
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7140000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	80.23
`leader` Recorded leader	Cheri Walsh
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	144628.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0716
`motto` Tagline	Transforming the lives of young people through arts education.
`name` Charity name	Exploring the Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1687402.0
`score` Overall score	85.17
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1440390.0420000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	344967.363
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	227960.889

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-4069251
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.