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Milwaukee Art Museum

EIN 39-0806316Arts, Culture, Humanities Wisconsin Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Art lives here

The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education. Central to the Museum's mission is its role as a premier educational resource, with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages. From its roots in Milwaukee's first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state. Four floors of over forty galleries of art are rotated regularly with works from antiquity to the present in the Museum's far-reaching collection. Included in the Collection are 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.01Overall score
out of 100

92.17Financial score
out of 100

90.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,137,314

Total expenses · USD$19,236,271

Program expenses

$14,792,692.40 recorded amount

76.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,173,412.53 recorded amount

6.1%

Administrative expenses

$3,231,693.53 recorded amount

16.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Marcelle Polednik
Recorded compensation: $167,867.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.87%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Milwaukee Art Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	90.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education. Central to the Museum's mission is its role as a premier educational resource, with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages. From its roots in Milwaukee's first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state. Four floors of over forty galleries of art are rotated regularly with works from antiquity to the present in the Museum's far-reaching collection. Included in the Collection are 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art.
`ein` EIN	39-0806316
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19236271.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.168
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.061
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.769
`fscore` Financial score	92.17
`leader` Recorded leader	Marcelle Polednik
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	167867.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0087
`motto` Tagline	Art lives here
`name` Charity name	Milwaukee Art Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16137314.0
`score` Overall score	91.01
`state` State code	WI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	14792692.399
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1173412.531
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3231693.5280000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 39-0806316
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Wisconsin (WI)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.