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Maryland Science Center

EIN 52-0668166Arts, Culture, Humanities Maryland Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Touch wonder

The mission of the Maryland Science Center (MSC) is to create awareness of the importance of science to our lives and to stimulate people, especially children, to learn science by creating exciting educational experiences. The vision of the Maryland Science Center is to create interest in young people in science by engaging and entertaining them. As one of the most unique and important educational institutions in the region, the Science Center makes science fun; entertainment is the means and education is the end. And because of its well-earned reputation for exhibition excellence and innovative programming, the Maryland Science Center is a national model for turning on children to science. MSC traces its history back to 1797, when the Maryland Academy of Sciences, MSC's parent organization, was founded as an amateur scientific society.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.58Overall score
out of 100

79.74Financial score
out of 100

86.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,724,842

Total expenses · USD$8,419,673

Program expenses

$6,222,138.35 recorded amount

73.9%

Fundraising expenses

$378,885.28 recorded amount

4.5%

Administrative expenses

$1,810,229.70 recorded amount

21.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Van R. Reiner
Recorded compensation: $180,532.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.14%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Maryland Science Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	86.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Maryland Science Center (MSC) is to create awareness of the importance of science to our lives and to stimulate people, especially children, to learn science by creating exciting educational experiences. The vision of the Maryland Science Center is to create interest in young people in science by engaging and entertaining them. As one of the most unique and important educational institutions in the region, the Science Center makes science fun; entertainment is the means and education is the end. And because of its well-earned reputation for exhibition excellence and innovative programming, the Maryland Science Center is a national model for turning on children to science. MSC traces its history back to 1797, when the Maryland Academy of Sciences, MSC's parent organization, was founded as an amateur scientific society.
`ein` EIN	52-0668166
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8419673.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.215
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.045
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7390000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	79.74
`leader` Recorded leader	Van R. Reiner
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	180532.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.021400000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Touch wonder
`name` Charity name	Maryland Science Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7724842.0
`score` Overall score	82.58
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6222138.347000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	378885.285
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1810229.695

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-0668166
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.