Charity profile · Historical source record

Louisiana Children's Museum

EIN 72-0929068Arts, Culture, Humanities Louisiana Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Hands-on participatory learning for children of all ages

The Louisiana Children's Museum promotes hands-on participatory learning for children of all ages. Encouraging discovery through observation, inquiry, creative construction, role-playing, problem-solving and free play, the Museum motivates children to develop their cognitive, physical and social skills while enjoying fruitful interaction with adults and peers. Since opening its doors in 1986, the Louisiana Children's Museum has been one of the city's premier attractions for children. We welcome 147,000 visitors per year, engaging children, families, caregivers, and school groups in memorable interactive experiences designed to make learning fun.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.55Overall score
out of 100

82.78Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$6,945,380

Total expenses · USD$2,248,572

Program expenses

$1,618,971.84 recorded amount

72.0%

Fundraising expenses

$56,214.30 recorded amount

2.5%

Administrative expenses

$571,137.29 recorded amount

25.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: Julia Bland
Recorded compensation: $70,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.11%

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 Louisiana Children's Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Louisiana Children's Museum promotes hands-on participatory learning for children of all ages. Encouraging discovery through observation, inquiry, creative construction, role-playing, problem-solving and free play, the Museum motivates children to develop their cognitive, physical and social skills while enjoying fruitful interaction with adults and peers. Since opening its doors in 1986, the Louisiana Children's Museum has been one of the city's premier attractions for children. We welcome 147,000 visitors per year, engaging children, families, caregivers, and school groups in memorable interactive experiences designed to make learning fun.
`ein` EIN	72-0929068
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2248572.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.254
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.025
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.72
`fscore` Financial score	82.78
`leader` Recorded leader	Julia Bland
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	70000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0311
`motto` Tagline	Hands-on participatory learning for children of all ages
`name` Charity name	Louisiana Children's Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6945380.0
`score` Overall score	85.55
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1618971.8399999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	56214.3
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	571137.2880000001

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.