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Mississippi Children's Museum

EIN 64-0850010Arts, Culture, Humanities Mississippi Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Ignite a thirst for discovery, knowledge, and learning in all children

The mission of Mississippi Children's Museum is to provide unparalleled experiences that ignite a thirst for discovery, knowledge, and learning in all children. The museum accomplishes this mission through hands-on and engaging exhibits and programs focusing on literacy, the arts, science, health and nutrition - the keys to helping our children mature into healthy and productive adult learners. We want to inspire Mississippi's children from all backgrounds to discover and achieve their potential. We are invested in our state's greatest resource, its children.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.17Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,253,238

Total expenses · USD$3,541,158

Program expenses

$2,942,702.30 recorded amount

83.1%

Fundraising expenses

$159,352.11 recorded amount

4.5%

Administrative expenses

$435,562.43 recorded amount

12.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Susan Garrard
Recorded compensation: $121,500.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Mississippi Children's Museum
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Mississippi Children's Museum is to provide unparalleled experiences that ignite a thirst for discovery, knowledge, and learning in all children. The museum accomplishes this mission through hands-on and engaging exhibits and programs focusing on literacy, the arts, science, health and nutrition - the keys to helping our children mature into healthy and productive adult learners. We want to inspire Mississippi's children from all backgrounds to discover and achieve their potential. We are invested in our state's greatest resource, its children.
`ein` EIN	64-0850010
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3541158.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.045
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.831
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Susan Garrard
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	121500.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.034300000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Ignite a thirst for discovery, knowledge, and learning in all children
`name` Charity name	Mississippi Children's Museum
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8253238.0
`score` Overall score	97.17
`state` State code	MS
`subcategory` Subcategory	Museums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2942702.298
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	159352.11
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	435562.43400000007

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 64-0850010
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Museums
Recorded location: Mississippi (MS)
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.