Charity profile · Historical source record

George W. Bush Presidential Center

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Experience the presidency, shape the future
The George W. Bush Presidential Center endows a presidential archive depository to house and preserve documents, papers and memorabilia of President George W. Bush and to promote the George W. Bush Institute which supports research and educational activities on policy issues. The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum promotes an understanding of the American presidency, examines the specific time in history during with President Bush served, and provides access to the official records and artifacts from the Bush Administration. The George W. Bush Institute is an action oriented, nonpartisan policy organization that develops leaders, advances policy, and takes action to solve today's most pressing challenges.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.87Overall score
out of 100
81.65Financial score
out of 100
89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$67,565,231
Total expenses · USD$41,127,663

Program expenses

$30,146,576.98 recorded amount
73.3%

Fundraising expenses

$5,058,702.55 recorded amount
12.3%

Administrative expenses

$5,840,128.15 recorded amount
14.2%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.13 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
Kenneth A. Hersh
Recorded compensation
$520,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage
1.26%

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 George W. Bush Presidential Center
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
89.0
category
Category
Arts, Culture, Humanities
description
Mission & description
The George W. Bush Presidential Center endows a presidential archive depository to house and preserve documents, papers and memorabilia of President George W. Bush and to promote the George W. Bush Institute which supports research and educational activities on policy issues. The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum promotes an understanding of the American presidency, examines the specific time in history during with President Bush served, and provides access to the official records and artifacts from the Bush Administration. The George W. Bush Institute is an action oriented, nonpartisan policy organization that develops leaders, advances policy, and takes action to solve today's most pressing challenges.
ein
EIN
20-4119317
tot_exp
Total expenses
41127663.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.142
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.13
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.12300000000000001
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.733
fscore
Financial score
81.65
leader
Recorded leader
Kenneth A. Hersh
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
520000.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0126
motto
Tagline
Experience the presidency, shape the future
name
Charity name
George W. Bush Presidential Center
tot_rev
Total revenue
67565231.0
score
Overall score
84.87
state
State code
TX
subcategory
Subcategory
Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
30146576.979
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
5058702.549000001
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
5840128.146

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.