Charity profile · Historical source record

Handel and Haydn Society

EIN 04-2126598Arts, Culture, Humanities Massachusetts Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Performing Baroque and Classical music at the highest level of artistic excellence.

A principal leader of Boston's arts community since 1815, the Handel and Haydn Society is dedicated to performing Baroque and Classical music at the highest level of artistic excellence and to sharing that music with as large and diverse an audience as possible through concert performances at Symphony and Jordan Halls, tours, recordings, radio broadcasts, and outreach initiatives for students and underserved communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.98Overall score
out of 100

83.48Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,797,781

Total expenses · USD$5,044,614

Program expenses

$3,470,694.43 recorded amount

68.8%

Fundraising expenses

$701,201.35 recorded amount

13.9%

Administrative expenses

$867,673.61 recorded amount

17.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Snead
Recorded compensation: $258,732.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.12%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Handel and Haydn Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	A principal leader of Boston's arts community since 1815, the Handel and Haydn Society is dedicated to performing Baroque and Classical music at the highest level of artistic excellence and to sharing that music with as large and diverse an audience as possible through concert performances at Symphony and Jordan Halls, tours, recordings, radio broadcasts, and outreach initiatives for students and underserved communities.
`ein` EIN	04-2126598
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5044614.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.172
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.139
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.688
`fscore` Financial score	83.48
`leader` Recorded leader	David Snead
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	258732.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0512
`motto` Tagline	Performing Baroque and Classical music at the highest level of artistic excellence.
`name` Charity name	Handel and Haydn Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4797781.0
`score` Overall score	87.98
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3470694.4319999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	701201.346
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	867673.6079999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2126598
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.