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McWane Science Center

EIN 58-1933712Arts, Culture, Humanities Alabama Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Changing lives through science and wonder

McWane Science Center's mission is to “change lives through science and wonder.” To accomplish this mission, McWane Science Center combines our unique assets to create unique, hands-on, science-learning experiences that parents and teachers value and kids love. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building. In 1998, Discovery Place and Red Mountain Museum merged to create a stimulating interactive science museum now called McWane Science Center. Designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors in 1998. Explorers - from ages one to 100 - flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch, and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South's most unique venues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.33Overall score
out of 100

85.86Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,581,774

Total expenses · USD$6,970,316

Program expenses

$5,945,679.55 recorded amount

85.3%

Fundraising expenses

$223,050.11 recorded amount

3.2%

Administrative expenses

$787,645.71 recorded amount

11.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Amy Templeton
Recorded compensation: $149,302.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.14%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for McWane Science Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	McWane Science Center's mission is to “change lives through science and wonder.” To accomplish this mission, McWane Science Center combines our unique assets to create unique, hands-on, science-learning experiences that parents and teachers value and kids love. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building. In 1998, Discovery Place and Red Mountain Museum merged to create a stimulating interactive science museum now called McWane Science Center. Designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors in 1998. Explorers - from ages one to 100 - flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch, and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South's most unique venues.
`ein` EIN	58-1933712
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6970316.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.113
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.032
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.853
`fscore` Financial score	85.86
`leader` Recorded leader	Amy Templeton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	149302.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.021400000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Changing lives through science and wonder
`name` Charity name	McWane Science Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7581774.0
`score` Overall score	87.33
`state` State code	AL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	5945679.5479999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	223050.112
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	787645.708

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1933712
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Alabama (AL)
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.