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Literary Arts

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Find your story here

The mission of Literary Arts is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit literary center located in downtown Portland, with a 32-year history of serving Oregon's readers and writers. Our programs include Portland Arts & Lectures, one of the country's largest lecture series; Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which celebrates Oregon's writers and independent publishers; Writers in the Schools, which hires professional writers to teach semester-long creative writing workshops in Portland's public high schools; and Wordstock: Portland's Book Festival, which builds community around literature through author events, workshops, a book fair, and more. We also host guided discussion groups around great works of literature through a program called Delve.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.87Overall score
out of 100

86.80Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,358,586

Total expenses · USD$2,167,145

Program expenses

$1,599,353.01 recorded amount

73.8%

Fundraising expenses

$210,213.06 recorded amount

9.7%

Administrative expenses

$353,244.64 recorded amount

16.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 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: Brian Andrew Proctor
Recorded compensation: $143,356.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.61%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Literary Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Literary Arts is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit literary center located in downtown Portland, with a 32-year history of serving Oregon's readers and writers. Our programs include Portland Arts & Lectures, one of the country's largest lecture series; Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which celebrates Oregon's writers and independent publishers; Writers in the Schools, which hires professional writers to teach semester-long creative writing workshops in Portland's public high schools; and Wordstock: Portland's Book Festival, which builds community around literature through author events, workshops, a book fair, and more. We also host guided discussion groups around great works of literature through a program called Delve.
`ein` EIN	93-0909494
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2167145.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.163
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.09699999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.738
`fscore` Financial score	86.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Brian Andrew Proctor
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	143356.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0661
`motto` Tagline	Find your story here
`name` Charity name	Literary Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2358586.0
`score` Overall score	85.87
`state` State code	OR
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1599353.01
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	210213.06499999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	353244.635

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 93-0909494
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Oregon (OR)
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.