Charity profile · Historical source record

Lincoln Park Zoo

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Lincoln Park Zoo: Connecting people to nature through quality animal care, education, science, and conservation

Lincoln Park Zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of Chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, education, science and conservation.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.43Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$38,912,922

Total expenses · USD$43,412,852

Program expenses

$38,029,658.35 recorded amount

87.6%

Fundraising expenses

$2,952,073.94 recorded amount

6.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,344,294.01 recorded amount

5.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Kevin J. Bell
Recorded compensation: $488,025.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.12%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Lincoln Park Zoo
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Lincoln Park Zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of Chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, education, science and conservation.
`ein` EIN	36-2512404
`tot_exp` Total expenses	43412852.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.068
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8759999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Kevin J. Bell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	488025.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011200000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Lincoln Park Zoo: Connecting people to nature through quality animal care, education, science, and conservation
`name` Charity name	Lincoln Park Zoo
`tot_rev` Total revenue	38912922.0
`score` Overall score	85.43
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	38029658.352
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2952073.936
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2344294.0080000004

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.