Charity profile · Historical source record

Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago

EIN 36-3706878Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Play, learn, and explore!

Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago provides engaging informal learning environments featuring interactive exhibits and programs that encourage young children ages birth to 8 to become effective learners through self-directed complex play. Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago offers 17 interactive, hands-on exhibits. All of our exhibits and programs are aligned to the Illinois State Learning Standards and are designed to nurture a love of learning in young children.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.88Overall score
out of 100

83.27Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,450,479

Total expenses · USD$4,802,705

Program expenses

$3,866,177.53 recorded amount

80.5%

Fundraising expenses

$470,665.09 recorded amount

9.8%

Administrative expenses

$456,256.97 recorded amount

9.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Sheridan Turner
Recorded compensation: $203,384.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.23%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago provides engaging informal learning environments featuring interactive exhibits and programs that encourage young children ages birth to 8 to become effective learners through self-directed complex play. Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago offers 17 interactive, hands-on exhibits. All of our exhibits and programs are aligned to the Illinois State Learning Standards and are designed to nurture a love of learning in young children.
`ein` EIN	36-3706878
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4802705.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.095
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.098
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.805
`fscore` Financial score	83.27
`leader` Recorded leader	Sheridan Turner
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	203384.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.042300000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Play, learn, and explore!
`name` Charity name	Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4450479.0
`score` Overall score	86.88
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3866177.5250000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	470665.09
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	456256.975

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3706878
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.