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Hyde Park Art Center

EIN 36-2887294Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fostering creativity through making, learning about, seeing, and discussing art.

Hyde Park Art Center has been a leader in advancing contemporary visual art in Chicago since 1939. With an expansive reach and bold personality, the nonprofit organization brings artists and communities together to support creativity at every level. As an open forum for exploring the artistic process, the Art Center fosters creativity through making, learning about, seeing, and discussing art—all under one roof. By developing socially adept programming that finds new ways to engage diverse audiences in the work of Chicago's artists, the Art Center makes space for transparent interaction with art and the artistic process, inspiring creative exploration and encouraging exchange between audiences and artists. Outside its walls, the Art Center's outreach programs in historically underserved neighborhoods bring the visual arts to Chicago youth, their teachers, and their families.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.02Overall score
out of 100

93.66Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,024,775

Total expenses · USD$2,226,933

Program expenses

$1,750,369.34 recorded amount

78.6%

Fundraising expenses

$280,593.56 recorded amount

12.6%

Administrative expenses

$193,743.17 recorded amount

8.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kathlynn Lorenz
Recorded compensation: $119,240.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.35%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Hyde Park Art Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Hyde Park Art Center has been a leader in advancing contemporary visual art in Chicago since 1939. With an expansive reach and bold personality, the nonprofit organization brings artists and communities together to support creativity at every level. As an open forum for exploring the artistic process, the Art Center fosters creativity through making, learning about, seeing, and discussing art—all under one roof. By developing socially adept programming that finds new ways to engage diverse audiences in the work of Chicago's artists, the Art Center makes space for transparent interaction with art and the artistic process, inspiring creative exploration and encouraging exchange between audiences and artists. Outside its walls, the Art Center's outreach programs in historically underserved neighborhoods bring the visual arts to Chicago youth, their teachers, and their families.
`ein` EIN	36-2887294
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2226933.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.087
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.126
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7859999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.66
`leader` Recorded leader	Kathlynn Lorenz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	119240.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0535
`motto` Tagline	Fostering creativity through making, learning about, seeing, and discussing art.
`name` Charity name	Hyde Park Art Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2024775.0
`score` Overall score	91.02
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1750369.3379999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	280593.558
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	193743.17099999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2887294
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.