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Lindsay Wildlife Museum

EIN 94-6104179Arts, Culture, Humanities California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share

Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a unique natural history and environmental education center where live, wild animals are just inches away. Visitors can listen to the cry of a red tailed hawk, go eye-to-eye with a gray fox and watch a bald eagle eat lunch. More than 50 species of live, non-releasable, native California animals are on exhibit. Founded in 1955, the museum's programs connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. The museum houses a hands-on discovery room for children, a pet education section with small domestic animals and changing natural history and art exhibits. The on-site wildlife rehabilitation center is one of the oldest and largest wildlife hospitals in the United States, treating nearly 6,000 injured or orphaned wild animals each year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.12Overall score
out of 100

85.49Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,218,321

Total expenses · USD$2,679,461

Program expenses

$1,929,211.92 recorded amount

72.0%

Fundraising expenses

$375,124.54 recorded amount

14.0%

Administrative expenses

$369,765.62 recorded amount

13.8%

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: Cheryl McCormick
Recorded compensation: $125,390.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a unique natural history and environmental education center where live, wild animals are just inches away. Visitors can listen to the cry of a red tailed hawk, go eye-to-eye with a gray fox and watch a bald eagle eat lunch. More than 50 species of live, non-releasable, native California animals are on exhibit. Founded in 1955, the museum's programs connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. The museum houses a hands-on discovery room for children, a pet education section with small domestic animals and changing natural history and art exhibits. The on-site wildlife rehabilitation center is one of the oldest and largest wildlife hospitals in the United States, treating nearly 6,000 injured or orphaned wild animals each year.
`ein` EIN	94-6104179
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2679461.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.138
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.14
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.72
`fscore` Financial score	85.49
`leader` Recorded leader	Cheryl McCormick
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	125390.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0467
`motto` Tagline	Connecting people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share
`name` Charity name	Lindsay Wildlife Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2218321.0
`score` Overall score	87.12
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1929211.92
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	375124.54000000004
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	369765.618

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-6104179
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.