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Friends of the Hennepin County Library

EIN 36-3579536Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Building awareness, appreciation, and support for the Library

As Hennepin County Library's fundraising partner, Friends of the Hennepin County Library (HCL) is an active community of 8,000 supporters whose mission is to build awareness, appreciation and support for our world-class library. Friends of HCL raises resources for vital programs such as Teen Tech Squad and Homework Help, as well as initiatives like engaging readers of all ages and expanding early learning environments. Together, Hennepin County Library and Friends of HCL envision a library system that ensures every person has the opportunity and resources to read, engage, graduate, work, and learn. Friends of the Hennepin County Library offers our thriving community the opportunity to engage with great stories and storytellers through Pen Pals - the highly-regarded and longest-running author lecture series in the Twin Cities – and Talk of the Stacks - a free thought-provoking series exploring contemporary literature and culture.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.99Overall score
out of 100

89.41Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,203,709

Total expenses · USD$2,347,652

Program expenses

$1,741,957.78 recorded amount

74.2%

Fundraising expenses

$443,706.23 recorded amount

18.9%

Administrative expenses

$157,292.68 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kristi Pearson
Recorded compensation: $121,275.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.16%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Friends of the Hennepin County Library
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	As Hennepin County Library's fundraising partner, Friends of the Hennepin County Library (HCL) is an active community of 8,000 supporters whose mission is to build awareness, appreciation and support for our world-class library. Friends of HCL raises resources for vital programs such as Teen Tech Squad and Homework Help, as well as initiatives like engaging readers of all ages and expanding early learning environments. Together, Hennepin County Library and Friends of HCL envision a library system that ensures every person has the opportunity and resources to read, engage, graduate, work, and learn. Friends of the Hennepin County Library offers our thriving community the opportunity to engage with great stories and storytellers through Pen Pals - the highly-regarded and longest-running author lecture series in the Twin Cities – and Talk of the Stacks - a free thought-provoking series exploring contemporary literature and culture.
`ein` EIN	36-3579536
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2347652.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.18899999999999997
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.742
`fscore` Financial score	89.41
`leader` Recorded leader	Kristi Pearson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	121275.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0516
`motto` Tagline	Building awareness, appreciation, and support for the Library
`name` Charity name	Friends of the Hennepin County Library
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2203709.0
`score` Overall score	91.99
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1741957.784
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	443706.22799999994
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	157292.684

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3579536
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.