Charity profile · Historical source record

La Jolla Playhouse

EIN 95-1941117Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing theatre as an art form

Founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach we will continue to cultivate a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.34Overall score
out of 100

86.72Financial score
out of 100

88.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$21,802,551

Total expenses · USD$19,706,336

Program expenses

$14,779,752.00 recorded amount

75.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,379,443.52 recorded amount

7.0%

Administrative expenses

$3,527,434.14 recorded amount

17.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 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: Michael Rosenberg
Recorded compensation: $305,863.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.55%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for La Jolla Playhouse
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	88.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach we will continue to cultivate a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work.
`ein` EIN	95-1941117
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19706336.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.179
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.75
`fscore` Financial score	86.72
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael Rosenberg
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	305863.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0155
`motto` Tagline	Advancing theatre as an art form
`name` Charity name	La Jolla Playhouse
`tot_rev` Total revenue	21802551.0
`score` Overall score	87.34
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	14779752.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1379443.52
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3527434.144

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-1941117
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.