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Foundation for Contemporary Arts

EIN 13-1978163Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Artists for artists

Since its inception in 1963, the mission of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations. Its legacy continues today with unrestricted, by-nomination grants supporting pioneering work across the fields of dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. A fund is also maintained to assist artists with emergencies and unexpected opportunities related to their work. To date, over 900 artists have made these grants possible by contributing paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs to fourteen fund-raising exhibitions held over the years.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.67Overall score
out of 100

88.36Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,872,177

Total expenses · USD$1,919,759

Program expenses

$1,370,707.93 recorded amount

71.4%

Fundraising expenses

$163,179.52 recorded amount

8.5%

Administrative expenses

$382,032.04 recorded amount

19.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Stacy Tenenbaum Stark
Recorded compensation: $184,675.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.61%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Since its inception in 1963, the mission of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations. Its legacy continues today with unrestricted, by-nomination grants supporting pioneering work across the fields of dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. A fund is also maintained to assist artists with emergencies and unexpected opportunities related to their work. To date, over 900 artists have made these grants possible by contributing paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs to fourteen fund-raising exhibitions held over the years.
`ein` EIN	13-1978163
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1919759.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.19899999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.085
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7140000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	88.36
`leader` Recorded leader	Stacy Tenenbaum Stark
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	184675.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.09609999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Artists for artists
`name` Charity name	Foundation for Contemporary Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3872177.0
`score` Overall score	88.67
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1370707.9260000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	163179.515
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	382032.04099999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1978163
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
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.