Charity profile · Historical source record

Jazz Aspen Snowmass

EIN 84-1220222Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Entertain, educate, preserve

Founded in 1991, Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) is dedicated to the presentation and preservation jazz, American and popular music through world-class festivals, performances and education programs. The original three day festival has evolved into an internationally recognized summer long series of both free and paid performances, and diverse education programs reaching gifted students, dedicated teachers and young audiences. JAS inaugurates its second decade of existence with a new winter series of concerts and in-school residency programs. Through the years since its inception, the organization has added a four day Labor Day weekend event, a free summer concert series, an all-scholarship jazz residency program for gifted young artists and a new small venue winter jazz series.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.72Overall score
out of 100

87.50Financial score
out of 100

86.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,746,560

Total expenses · USD$9,116,867

Program expenses

$8,031,959.83 recorded amount

88.1%

Fundraising expenses

$601,713.22 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$464,960.22 recorded amount

5.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: James Horowitz
Recorded compensation: $168,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.84%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Jazz Aspen Snowmass
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	86.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1991, Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) is dedicated to the presentation and preservation jazz, American and popular music through world-class festivals, performances and education programs. The original three day festival has evolved into an internationally recognized summer long series of both free and paid performances, and diverse education programs reaching gifted students, dedicated teachers and young audiences. JAS inaugurates its second decade of existence with a new winter series of concerts and in-school residency programs. Through the years since its inception, the organization has added a four day Labor Day weekend event, a free summer concert series, an all-scholarship jazz residency program for gifted young artists and a new small venue winter jazz series.
`ein` EIN	84-1220222
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9116867.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.051
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8809999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	87.5
`leader` Recorded leader	James Horowitz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	168000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0184
`motto` Tagline	Entertain, educate, preserve
`name` Charity name	Jazz Aspen Snowmass
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9746560.0
`score` Overall score	86.72
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8031959.826999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	601713.2220000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	464960.21699999995

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-1220222
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
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.